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600 Series I Volume XXVIII-II Serial 47 - Ft. Sumter - Ft. Wagner Part II

Page 600 S. C. AND GA. COASTS, AND IN MID. AND E. FLA. Chapter XL.

Company I, Palmetto Battalion Light Artillery, Fort Of, Captain J. R. Bowden commanding: Arms, Mississippi rifles, condition bad; accouterments bad and incomplete. No ammunition in boxes; 6000 rounds in company reserve. Condition of camp and garrison equipage good; with baggage, is one wagon-load. Two two-horse wagons and teams serviceable. Military appearance, drill, and discipline are ordinary. Present, 3 officers, 12 non-commissioned officers, 113 privates. Absent, Junior Second Lieutenant J. A. Dill, detached. Ration, beef and corn-meal. Policae bad. Beach used for sinks. Rules and Articles of War read and orders are published.

Siege Train, Major Manigault commanding:

Company A, Captain B. C. Webb commanding: Two 30-pounder Parrotts; no breech sights, otherwise good. eighty-two cartridges and 192 shells, for some. Condition of camp and garrison equipage is good, and, with officers' baggage, is two wagon-loads. Two four hourse wagons and teams serviceable; 8 mules, 56 horses (public), ordinary condition. Harness new. One forge, one battery wagon, complete appurtenances. Military appearance and discipline good. Present, 5 officers, 13 non-commissioned, 100 privates. Rations, beef and corn-meal. Police fair. Beach used for sinks. Rules nd Articles of War read and orders from headquarters published.

Company B, Siege Train, Captain Smith commanding: Two 8-inch howitzers, with 120 rounds. condition of camp and garrison equipage is good,a nd with baggage, officers' clothing, &c., two wagon-loads. Thirty-eight horses, 35 mules (public), fair condition; two four-horse wagons and teams, serviceable; one ordnance wagon an team, serviceable; one ambulance, no horse. Harness in good order. Military appearance and discipline good. Present, 3 officers, 9 non-commissioned, 96 privates. Abstn, Captain Smith, sick; Senior Second Lieutenant J. B. W. Phillips, sick. Ration, beef and corn-meal. Police fair. Beach used for sinks. Rules and Articles of War not read recently, nor orders published.

Company C, Georgia Siege Train, Captain G. W. Jonson commanding: One 20-pounder Parrott, and 90 rounds and 139 shell; one 4-inch Blakely, and 135 rounds, 159 shell. Camp and garrison equipage good, which, with baggage same as usual, two wagon-loads. One two-horse wagon, one four-hose wagon, and teams serviceable. Forty-six horses and harness in fine condition. One forge and battery wagon complete. Military appearance, drill, and discipline very good. Present, 3 officers, 5 non-commissioned, 61 privates. Rations beef and corn-meal. Police good. For sinks, use the beach. Rules and Articles of War are read; order not published.

Siege Train, Company C, Captain Gregg, commanding: Two 8-cinch siege howitzers (good), 134 cartridges for some, and 138 shell and canister. Camp equipage, &c., is good, and with baggage, officers' clothing, forms two wagon-loads. One forge and battery wagon (complete), two ordnance wagons and team, good condition. Forty-one horses and 39 mules in fine condition and 6 horses unserviceable. Military appearance nd discipline good. Present, 3 officers, 11 non-commissioned, 102 privates. Ration, beef and conr-meal. Beach used for sinks. Police good. Rules and Articles of War read and orders published.

JOHN J. ALLEN,

Captain, and Actg. Asst. Insp. General, Colquitt's Brigade.


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