This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863
Beauregard referred an ordnance inspector’s report to his second in command and his chief engineer for such action as might be necessary. The department ran on this kind of paper, and it is why we know what the siege looked like day by day.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2
Beauregard forwarded a report on the six-month State regiments to the War Department “to show the condition of the State troops I have to depend upon for the defense of this place,” noting that the arms available must go first to the troops longest in service. Two days earlier he had inspected Castle Pinckney, where piles for the interior work were being driven by hand.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2
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