This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1864–1865
Beauregard explained his absence from headquarters: he had been arranging all available resources for the defense of Savannah in the event of an attack. Commanding the department meant defending two cities two hundred miles apart with one set of troops.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 35, Pt. 1
Skirmishes at Duncanville and at Combahee Ferry. Behind the marching columns, thousands of freedpeople left the rice plantations of the Combahee and Ashepoo and followed the army — the largest single movement of people the lowcountry had ever seen.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 47
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