This day in Charleston

June 14

2 entries · 1863–1864

1863Morris Island

Yates shells the working party — and misses the point

General Ripley reported that the enemy having appeared to be at work on Little Folly Island, Lieutenant Colonel Yates opened on them and shelled them for three-quarters of an hour, “putting a stop to their operations,” which seemed to be a shelter or batteries near the inlet. A close watch was ordered. The batteries went up anyway, under the trees, and opened on 10 July.

Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 1

1864Fort Sumter

A gun goes back to its old position

More boat traffic than usual among the Federal vessels, some slight shifting of the light pieces at Battery Gregg, and the 30-pounder that had been firing at the Confederate steamer Etowah returned to its original position. Nothing in the harbor moved without being logged from Fort Sumter.

Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1

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