General order no. 7 establishing an engineering supply depot, Morris Island

• Main Authors: : Smith, : Gillmore
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1863
• Subjects: South Carolina > History; United States > History > Civil War; 1861-1865; Artillery operations; Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.); Gillmore; Morris Island
• Online Access: http://openparksnetwork.org/single-item-view?oid=OPN_NS:1EAF960C35CD0B0D58A4FE939E092FAC

General Order No. 7 written by Smith by order of General Gillmore on July 17th 1863. Describes the establishing of an Engineering Supply Depot on the south end of Morris Island, where engineer materials such as tools, facines, gabions, magazine frames, and platform stuff will be collected, manufactu...