This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1863
Skirmishing on James Island, with affairs on John’s Island the same day and the next. Benham’s two divisions were ashore and probing toward the Confederate line at Secessionville; Hunter had told him not to attack it.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
A letter from John Fraser & Co. — the Charleston house that, through its Liverpool partner Fraser, Trenholm & Co., financed much of Confederate blockade running — was forwarded through department headquarters. Its head, George Trenholm, became Confederate Secretary of the Treasury the following year.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2
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