Letter
C. H. Simonton to W. F. Nance, July 10, 1863
SECESSIONVILLE
SECESSIONVILLE, July 10, 1863.
(Received 2.48 a. m.) Capt. W. F. Nance, Assistant Adjutant-General : No further demonstrations. My pickets have fallen back from Battery Island to the lower (Legaré’s) house, nearest Battery Island. The enemy are advancing their pickets cautiously.
C. H. SIMONTON,
Oolonel, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: SECESSIONVILLE. Summary: Colonel C. H. Simonton reports to Captain W. F. Nance that Confederate pickets have withdrawn from Battery Island to a nearby house as Union forces cautiously advance their pickets.
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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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