This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1864
Commander Marchand, senior officer off Charleston, spent the day moving ships: the Bienville to Rattlesnake Shoal, the Unadilla off Stono instead of coaling, the Keystone State back to Port Royal, one steamer doing the work of two. The blockade of Charleston was a permanent shortage of hulls, coal and boiler tubes.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 13
Twelve Parrott shot and twenty-one mortar shells since seven the evening before. “One negro workman killed; no one else hurt, and no damage done.” The enslaved men who kept Fort Sumter standing were counted separately from the garrison, and died in larger numbers.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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