This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862
At one in the morning Pemberton wired Davis what a prisoner taken that night had said: the enemy had landed a division, three light batteries and a siege train on James Island. The siege train was the part that mattered, and it was true.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Skirmishing on John’s Island as the Federal force on the Stono felt outward from its beachhead. The islands south of Charleston are separated by creeks that are impassable at low water and navigable at high, and every operation on them was a question of the tide.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
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