Letter
L. Jaquelin Smith to J. T. Trezevant, July 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston, July 29, 1863.
Maj. J. T. TREZEVANT, Commanding Arsenal :
Masor: Can you not possibly furnish us ‘with some 32 and 42 pounder shell, with ratchet sabots? Sumter cannot use some of her guns now for want of them.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. JAQUELIN SMITH,
Captain of Artillery, Assistant Chief of Ordnance.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND MiuiTary District, 8S. C.,
Captain of Artillery, Assistant Chief of Ordnance.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND MiuiTary District, 8S. C.,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston. Summary: L. Jaquelin Smith requests J. T. Trezevant to supply 32 and 42 pounder shells with ratchet sabots to enable the Sumter to operate its guns during the Civil War.
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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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