This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Federal engineers found a landing on the creek stacked with lumber the Confederates had left behind, and used it for magazines and platforms. The same day Gillmore decided to put an 8-inch Parrott rifle in position on the left — the immediate object, Brooks understood, being to experiment at long ranges. That line of thought ended in the Swamp Angel.
Major Brooks’ journal, OR I, 28, Pt. 1
The new post commander reported his arrival and then this: “I regret to say that on my arrival I found Capt. J. C. Mitchel, First South Carolina Artillery, was dead from the wound he had received during the day.” Mitchel had written most of Fort Sumter's daily reports for four months. He was the son of the Irish nationalist John Mitchel.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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