Letter
L. Jaquelin Smith to Waddy, July 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston, July 16, 1863.
Commanding Officer Montgomery Arsenal:
Colonel Waddy, chief of ordnance of this department, directs me to request you to make, and send forward as soon as you can, shot and shell for 8 and 10 inch columbiads, also projectiles for 32 and 42 pounder rifled guns, as they are much needed.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. JAQUELIN SMITH,
Captain of Artillery, Assistant Chief of Ordnance.
SPECIAL Me Hpgrs. First Mititary DistRIct,
No. 249. Charleston, July 16, 1863.
Captain of Artillery, Assistant Chief of Ordnance.
SPECIAL Me Hpgrs. First Mititary DistRIct,
No. 249. Charleston, July 16, 1863.
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III. Brig. Gen. T. L. Clingman will assume command of the western division of James Island, reporting directly to these headquarters. He will hold his command in constant readiness to support
any operations in the eastern division, Brigadier-General Hagood,
commanding.
III. Brig. Gen. T. L. Clingman will assume command of the western division of James Island, reporting directly to these headquarters. He will hold his command in constant readiness to support
any operations in the eastern division, Brigadier-General Hagood,
commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston. Summary: Captain L. Jaquelin Smith requests Colonel Waddy to urgently manufacture and send artillery shot and shell for various calibers to support Confederate defenses in Charleston 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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