This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Little was accomplished on the twenty-third: the New York Volunteer Engineers, “our main dependence in siege work,” were being paid. The regiment dug most of the works that reduced Fort Sumter, and it is named on almost every page of the engineer journal.
Major Brooks’ journal, OR I, 28, Pt. 1
Eighteen Parrott shells, all striking, and twenty-nine mortar shells. No casualties, no damage. “Quartermaster's boats did not come down last night; no reason why they should not.” Captain Huguenin, newly in command, was already having the argument every Sumter commander had.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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