This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862
Lieutenant Colonel Ellison Capers of the 24th South Carolina reported the details of the engagement with the Federal advance at Legaré’s place below Secessionville on the 3rd. Capers ended the war a general and became, later, the Episcopal bishop of South Carolina.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
More skirmishing on James Island. Benham’s men had been shelled out of their camps repeatedly by the Confederate battery at Secessionville, which is the grievance that produced the assault six days later.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
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