This day in Charleston

December 3

1 entry · 1863

1863The lines

The chief of artillery goes back to his desk

Special orders returned Colonel A. J. Gonzales to his duties as chief of artillery of the department, his temporary work on James Island and in St. Andrew’s Parish having been discharged to the commanding general’s satisfaction. Gonzales — Cuban-born, and Beauregard’s friend — spent the war trying to get heavy guns for a coast that never had enough.

Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2

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