Letter
Thomas W. Sherman to L. H. Pelouzbe, November 15, 1861
GENERAL ORDEBS, HDQRS. EXPEDITIONARY CORPS,
November 15, 1861.
No. 29. Hilton Head, S. C., November 15, 1861. * * * * * III. The fort on Hilton Head will be known as Fort Welles, and the one on Bay Point, heretofore called Fort Beauregard, will be known as Fort Seward.
By order of Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman :
L. H. PELOUZBE,
Captain, Fifteenth Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General.
Captain, Fifteenth Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: Brigadier General T. W. Sherman officially renames forts on Hilton Head and Bay Point as Fort Welles and Fort Seward, respectively, in November 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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