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- GLC#
- GLC02457.16-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 2, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Ripley, Roswell Sabine, 1823-1887
- Title
- to Edward Manigault
- Place Written
- Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Roswell S. Ripley writes from Headquarters at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, to Colonel Edward Manigault of the Ordnance Department. Reports "the steamer came down this morning for the 32 pounders & the sling cart, without any supplies of shot, shell, or munitions for this post -. I can hardly believe such to have been your intention..." Relates that he directed two sling cart wheels in care of Lieutenant [Yates?] to Charleston, South Carolina. Requests another sling cart, stating "One sling cart is altogether too small a supply for works extending around this harbor & I require one especially for this post..." Reports that the wharf at his port is unsafe.Written at Fort Moultrie
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