Civil War Letters: South Carolina
1st S.C. Infantry Confederate Report Concerning the Federal Bombardment of Fort Moultrie in November 1864 – “The parapet of Fort Moultrie was very much cut up by the fire of the enemy” – “Some portions of the external slope has slided”
U.S. Steamer Augusta Off Charleston, May 22nd, 1863 – Letter from Pardon Spencer – Great Description of the Union Ironclad “Little Monitors”, Capturing a “Contraband” & Chasing Blockade Runners. At Port Royal: “I saw one white woman the last time I was there. She had only one eye and perhaps a wooden leg.”
Letter by J. B. Witherspoon Phillips, Company A 18th Battalion, South Carolina Artillery – His Beautiful Uniform is Pictured All Over the Internet!
Famous Charleston Lawyer W. F. Colcock Describes Charleston’s Condition in January 1862
1861 Charleston Letter & Cover – Talks of Getting Supplies through the Blockade!
Setting Up Early Artillery Defenses Charleston October 1861
Shipping Arms from the Citadel in Charleston to the Arsenal in Columbia
N.B. Porter, President of the Senate Confirms Gen. Dunovant & Col. Ripley – Jan. 28, 1861
Amazing S.C. Letter Re. Secession – Can you help us figure out the S.C. town and who wrote it?
Arming & Equipping the S.C. Troops – October 1861
War of 1812 – Ship Embargo in Charleston, S.C. May 20th, 1812