This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1864
Skirmishing on the Ashepoo River. Ten days later a Federal transport was destroyed at Chapman’s Fort on the same river — the Confederates still had teeth in the rice country as late as the summer of 1864.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 35, Pt. 1
“At 11.15 a.m., two monitors moved up and opened fire on east angle and face; Sullivan's Island immediately replied, and after an hour's sharp fire drove them both off. Each of them was struck several times.” Captain Mitchel's opening line: “Very pretty little engagement just terminated.”
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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