This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Dahlgren reported his measures for raising the Weehawken, whose pilot house stood a foot out of water at low tide off Morris Island. She was never raised. The harbor she sank in already held the Keokuk, and would take the Patapsco and the Housatonic before the war ended.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 15
The new commander of the Northern District reported from Morris Island that nothing of importance had occurred since he assumed command. The bombardment of Charleston was in its seventeenth month and had become, for the Federal army, a routine.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 44
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