This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
An indorsement from Charleston headquarters at the end of June 1863, referring a question to the inspector-general and the chief engineer. Ten days later the Federals landed on Morris Island and the department’s paperwork changed character entirely.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2
Twenty-six Parrott shots were fired at Fort Sumter, eleven of them missing. The flagstaff was cut away at half past one by the second shell of the day and put back up under sharp fire by Lieutenant C. H. Claiborne of the 1st South Carolina Infantry with two men of the engineer department. Keeping a flag over the ruin had become the fort’s principal military function.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 35, Pt. 1
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