Letter, 1863 December 16, Brayton to Brooks, defining heavy Rebel firing

Letter to Brooks from Brayton reporting on what constitutes heavy firing. Brayton states that he has consulted with Battery Commanders, and that their opinions on what constitutes heavy firing vary between 75 and 125 shots per hour. Brayton then reports the number of shots over time fired from Moult...

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Main Author: : Brayton
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.)
Morris Island
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spelling ftopenparksnetwo:cuir:OPN_NS:B4C6BFB5DF9C85BC4DCF291488620352 2023-05-15T17:13:21+02:00 Letter, 1863 December 16, Brayton to Brooks, defining heavy Rebel firing : Brayton (32.71573,-79.89037) Morris Island Country: United States State: South Carolina County: Charleston County Place Code: 4587671 1863-12-16 1863-12-16 image/jpeg http://openparksnetwork.org/single-item-view?oid=OPN_NS:B4C6BFB5DF9C85BC4DCF291488620352 doi:smt_brooks483_058_002 English eng Thomas Benton Brooks Papers Local: OPN_NS:B4C6BFB5DF9C85BC4DCF291488620352 http://openparksnetwork.org/single-item-view?oid=OPN_NS:B4C6BFB5DF9C85BC4DCF291488620352 doi:smt_brooks483_058_002 Content URL: http://libfiles.clemson.edu/image.php?oid=OPN_NS:B4C6BFB5DF9C85BC4DCF291488620352/ U.S. Government Work South Carolina--History United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 Artillery operations Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.) Still Image 1863 ftopenparksnetwo 2018-04-01T14:53:17Z Letter to Brooks from Brayton reporting on what constitutes heavy firing. Brayton states that he has consulted with Battery Commanders, and that their opinions on what constitutes heavy firing vary between 75 and 125 shots per hour. Brayton then reports the number of shots over time fired from Moultrie and from Rebel batteries on James and Sullivan's islands. He writes that his own opinion formed from consultation and personal observation is that from 100 to 123 shots per hour now constitute heavy firing from the Rebel batteries. Still Image Morris Island Open Parks Network Morris Island ENVELOPE(-147.800,-147.800,-76.617,-76.617)
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United States--History--Civil War
1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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United States--History--Civil War
1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Letter, 1863 December 16, Brayton to Brooks, defining heavy Rebel firing
topic_facet South Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War
1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
description Letter to Brooks from Brayton reporting on what constitutes heavy firing. Brayton states that he has consulted with Battery Commanders, and that their opinions on what constitutes heavy firing vary between 75 and 125 shots per hour. Brayton then reports the number of shots over time fired from Moultrie and from Rebel batteries on James and Sullivan's islands. He writes that his own opinion formed from consultation and personal observation is that from 100 to 123 shots per hour now constitute heavy firing from the Rebel batteries.
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