This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Beauregard wrote to Congressman W. Porcher Miles: “How I can successfully defend two such important cities as Charleston and Savannah with about 25,000 men, scattered over 100 miles of country, is no easy problem.” A year earlier Lee had held the same ground with over 40,000 against a smaller enemy. Beauregard held it anyway, for two more years.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
“Nothing unusual this morning with the exception of a number of officers and two ladies visited Gregg, placed a telescope glass on the battery for the purpose of reviewing the harbor.” Fort Sumter's garrison watched the sightseers watching them.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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