Ordnance Bureau records, 1860-1861.

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Ordnance Bureau records, 1860-1861.

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Records include correspondence, receipts, and an inventory. Correspondence includes a letter (1861 June 22) from Capt. Walker to Major Manigault concerning faulty bayonets, and a letter (1860 Dec. 30) from Col. W.G. DeSaussure to Gov. F.W. Pickens concerning guns and ordnance stores at Fort Moultrie. Inventory (1861 Aug. 1) is for ordnance and ordnance stores at Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor. Inventory taken by Capt. Charles H. Simonton, agent for the Confederate States of America, and William G. Eason, agent for the state of South Carolina.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886

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Lieutenant Colonel Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure (1822-1886) of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, which was later absorbed into the Army of the Confederate States of America, commanded Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, December 1860-January 1861, and artillery at Morris Island, March-April 1861, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature, 1848-1864. From the description of Wilmot G. DeSaussure order-book, 1860-1861. WorldCat rec...

Simonton, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1904

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, judge, and South Carolina state representative. In 1857 he formed a law partnership with Theodore G. Barker which lasted until 1886, when Simonton was appointed to the bench of the Federal court of the district of South Carolina. From the description of Charles H. Simonton legal papers, 1868-1899. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793943 ...

Eason, William G., 1828-1898.

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A resident of Charleston, S.C., William G. Eason served as Charleston County auditor, and, during the Civil War, was Ordnance Officer for the state of South Carolina. From the description of William G. Eason papers, 1889. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953562 ...

South Carolina. Ordnance Bureau.

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State ordnance department of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Ordnance Bureau records, 1860-1861. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144293 ...

Pickens, F. W. 1805-1869,

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