This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1863
Brigadier General Horatio Wright submitted the report of his division in the action of the 16th. Benham had ordered the assault; Wright and Stevens had both objected; Benham was arrested and his appointment as brigadier general revoked.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Skirmishing on Edisto Island. Edisto was Federal ground and a refuge for freedpeople; the Confederates raided it to take back the people living there, and the raids were reported to Charleston as successes.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 1
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