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Tango01 | 07 Jun 2014 10:51 p.m. PST |
Part 1. "The Civil War had erupted with South Carolinians capturing Fort Sumter, the Federal citadel in Charleston harbor. The North sought revenge, but by the late summer of 1863 the Charleston defenses had thwarted each Union offensive. RADM John A. Dahlgren replaced Du Pont in command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Dahlgren proposed a joint Navy-Army-Marine assault to seize outlying Morris Island and then Fort Sumter. Dahlgren asked Secretary Welles for a battalion of Marines to be combined with a provisional battalion assembled from the fleet to form a regiment. Welles told Col Harris to comply. Harris assembled a hodgepodge of troops-recruiters, transients, recovering casualties-and placed Maj Jacob Zeilin in command
." See more here link Part 2 here. link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
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