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Days of destruction : Augustine Thomas Smythe and the Civil War siege of Charleston /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smythe, Augustine Thomas, 1842-1914 (Author)
Other Authors: Emerson, W. Eric, 1966- (Editor), Stokes, Karen (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Smythe, Augustine Thomas, > 1842-1914.
Confederate States of America. > Signal Corps > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > Siege, 1863 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Soldiers > South Carolina > Correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • A taste of war and new duties : 1862-May 1863
  • Aboard the CSS Palmetto State : August 1863-November 1863
  • Duty at Fort Sumter and an engagement : December 1863-February 1864
  • A lofty perch in St. Michael's : March 1864-November 1864
  • Sherman targets South Carolina : December 1864-March 1865.