This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Unusually quiet. The Federals worked at Battery Gregg and appeared to have mounted two guns there; mortar fire went on day and night from Moultrie, Battery K and Cheves. At Battery Simkins the carriage of the 10-inch columbiad was out of repair, so it did not fire at all.
Journal of Operations in Charleston Harbor, OR I, 28, Pt. 1
“All quiet here this morning. Large working party at Gregg. There have been five monitors in the fleet for several days.” The fleet's strength off Charleston was reported to Charleston every single morning of the siege.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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