Letter
Quincy A. Gillmore to Rear-Admiral JoHN A. DAHLGREN, September 3, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Morris Island, S. C., September 3, 1863.
Rear-Admiral JoHN A. DAHLGREN, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron :
DEAR Sir: In reply to your letter of this date, offering the service of the iron-clads to maintain a steady fire on Fort Wagner when I should be ready to move, I would say I should be very thankful to ue co-operation, and hope to be ready to avail myself of it very shortly.
Colonel Turner, my chief of staff, has gone on board your flag- ship, with a memorandum setting forth briefly the plan of operations, which I propose for your ERpuo vel The cutting off of the enemy’s communications with this island forms an important element in this plan, and I hope it may commence to-night.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILLMORE,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Morris Island, S. C.. Summary: Brigadier General Q. A. Gillmore requests Rear-Admiral Dahlgren's ironclad support to maintain fire on Fort Wagner and initiate cutting off enemy communications during upcoming operations on Morris Island.
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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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