This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1864
An affair between James and Dixon’s Islands, and an engagement with a Confederate battery in the Stono. The navy was learning that a gunboat in a narrow river is a target as much as a threat.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
“Everything quiet here this morning. The enemy put up a flag-staff at Gregg during the night. There is a small working party engaged in sodding in the same battery.” The Confederates had shot the last one down.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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