Letter

A. N. Toutant Beauregard to D. B. Harris, July 15, 1863

Charleston, S. C.

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.
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.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1 View original source ↗