Letter
A. N. Toutant Beauregard to D. B. Harris, July 15, 1863
Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, S. C., July 15, 1863.
Lieut. Col. D. B. Harris, Chief Engineer Department, Charleston, S. C.:
CoLoNEL: The general commanding directs me to instruct you (as
200 S. C. AND G. A. COASTS, AND IN MID. AND E. FLA. _—[Cuar. X. L.
already verbally informed) to alter the two mortar batteries at Fort Johnson into gun batteries for one heavy rifled or 10-inch gun each.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. N. TOUTANT BEAUREGARD,
Aide-de-Camp.
Hpgrs. Dept. SoUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA,
Charleston, S. C., July 15, 1863.
Aide-de-Camp.
Hpgrs. Dept. SoUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA,
Charleston, S. C., July 15, 1863.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston, S. C.. Summary: A. N. Toutant Beauregard instructs Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Harris to convert two mortar batteries at Fort Johnson into gun batteries equipped with heavy rifled or 10-inch guns.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1
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