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The Defense of Charleston Harbor, including Fort Sumter and the Adjacent Islands, 1863-1865.

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Title	The Defense of Charleston Harbor, including Fort Sumter and the Adjacent Islands, 1863-1865.
Creator	Johnson, John, 1829-1907.
Publisher	Charleston, S. C., Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co.
Date	1890
Source	Call Number: 975.7073Ch J63d
Subject	Johnson, John, 1829-1907 Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Charleston (S.C.)--Siege, 1863 South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.).
Description	276, clxxxvi p. illus., plates (part fold.) ports., maps (part fold.) plans (part fold.) 24 cm.
Note	With original papers in appendix, full official reports, maps, and illustrations. Plate 8 missing from original; digitized from another volume of The Defense of Charleston Harbor (South Carolinana Call Number: 973.73 J63d).
Language	English
Digital Collection	South Carolina and the Civil War
Contributing Institution	University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
Rights	Images are to be used for educational purposes only, and are not to be reproduced without permission from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, SC 29208.
Digitization Specifications	300dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Avision fb 6080E bookedge scanner with Avision software, Archival Master is a TIFF
Date Digital	2009-03
Type	Text
Format	image/jpeg
Media Type	Books
Scanner Technician	Bryan Briones
Metadata Cataloger	Craig Keeney and Santi Thompson
SC County	Beaufort County (S.C.); Charleston County (S.C.); Florence County (S.C.); Hampton County (S.C.); Richland County (S.C.)
SC Region	Lowcountry; Midlands; Pee Dee

Title	The Defense of Charleston Harbor, Page 186, Fort Sumter's Flag (Jan. 29, 1864)
Resource Identifier	scwbd204_Page 186
Transcript	CHAPTER X. EXPLOSION OF MAGAZINE AND FIRE IN FORT SUMTER. December 6, 1803-May 4, 1864. Views of the Fort taken after the Second Great Bombardment—A Brief Season of Rest—The Small-arms Magazine Blows up by Accident, December 11th—Death of Captain Frost, with Ten Others, and many Wounded—Heavy Shelling (Second Minor Bombardment)—Western Casemates catch Fire from Explosion —Extent and Severity of Injuries—Critical Condition of the Fort from Scarcity of Shelter—Rebuilding of To we it-stairs —Construction of a Long Gallery by Mining the Ruins of the Northern Casemates—A Christmas Dinner in the " Three- gun Battery"—The Third Minor Bombardment—Gallant Replacing of the Flagstaff—Operations on John's Island—Sinking OF IIot'SATONIC BY TORPEDO-BOAT—WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY celebrated with a Banquet—Alarm by Bell-ringing arranged in the Quarters—Fourth Minor Bombardment—Guns Mounted in the Western Casemates—Fifth Minor Bombardment—General Beauregard goes to Defend Petersburg, Va.—Major-General Samuel Jones succeeds to the Command of the Department—Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott Promoted and Transferred, after Eight Months' Service in Fort Sumter, to the Army in Virginia. It has been mentioned that the second great bombardment came to an end December 5, 1863, after a duration of forty-one days and nights.1 The fort enjoyed, through the greater part of December and January, a quiet that was highly favorable to repairs and improvements, while it was visited at the same time with FORT SUMTER'S FLAG, JANUARY ca]am[ty mQyc destructive thail the 29, 1864. , • (From a sketch by the author.) enemy s hre could have been. 1 On the next day the monitor Weehawken foundered at her anchorage off' Morris Island. (For particulars see Appendix of this chapter.) 186

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