Letter
Unknown to Nance, July 10, 1863
Fort SuMTER
Fort SuMTER, July 10, 1863.
Captain NANCE: Colonel Yates telegraphs me batteries gone. Colonel Graham is fighting them with infantry. d Let three companies of Charleston Battalion come down at once, if possible.* Have a light battery, with few horses, sent, if you can. Hold some infantry in reserve in town, and have some to be sent to Sullivan’s Island, if required. What news from Simonton? Lieutenant Bee killed, Lieutenant Alston wounded. Rs 8. RIPLEY, Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Fort SuMTER, July 10, 1863—2.10. General RIPLEY : Savannah troops have come. Have sent the largest regiment, 600 men, to Simonton, and had the others bivouacked near the department, in case you want to send Keitt. This one is 500 strong. The
batteries have this one.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Fort SuMTER. Summary: Brigadier-General Ripley urgently requests Captain Nance to reinforce Fort Sumter with infantry and artillery amid ongoing Confederate attacks and reports casualties and troop movements.
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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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