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CreatorBrooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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TranscriptionWednesday July 15th; Continued work on 4-10" Mortar Bat. [Battery]-Bat. [Battery] O'Rorke and began from positions for 30 Pdrs. in Battery Hays; Lt. [Lieutenant] Baldwin in charge; 15 Engrs. [Engineers] and 125 Infantry; Lt. [Lieutenant] Wilson with 30+ Engrs. [Engineers] and 150 Infantry built Battery for 4 mortars and magazines being left of Bat. [Battery] O'Rorke 1-10" Siege was mounted and fought and on the 18th and [????] 2-10" Seacoasts are [added?]; Thursday July 16th; The first Obstruction about 100 yds [yards] in front of Battery Reynolds and [1st?] Parallel was put in by Lt. [Lieutenant] Maguire and [blank] Engrs. [Engineers] and 130 Infantry; 4-10" Siege Mortar Bat. [Battery] began by Capt. [Captain] Graef with 30 Engrs. [Engineers] in rear of [2nd?] Parallel called Bat. [Battery] Weed; July 15th; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Suter relieved Col. [Colonel] Serrell in charge of 1st Parallel by order of Genl. [General] Gillmore.

LocationsFort Wagner (historical), Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.7375,-79.87204)

TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
South Carolina--History
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900

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