This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
From Folly Island the chief engineer of the Department of the South reported that, after careful reconnoitering, he had concluded most of the enemy’s forces had been withdrawn from Charleston. They had not. Ten weeks later the same island launched the assault on Morris Island, and Charleston’s garrison was there waiting.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Signaled through Sullivan's Island: “I have the honor to report 158 shots, 51 of which struck. No damage done.” By 1864 there was little left in Fort Sumter that artillery could damage — which is exactly what made it possible to hold.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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