Raynors HCA 2017-09
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GORDON, George H. (1823-1886) was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Autograph Letter Signed “Geo(rge) H. Gordon, Brig gen’l. Commdg. Folly Island,” 2pp., datelined Folly Island, August 26, 1864, VG. Gordon is writing Senator Henry Wilson and advising of costs, “can you make inquiries in this department, one enormous cost ... more than half a million a day.” He continues with accomplishments, “Since May 1864 we have simply gained Morris Island, a sandy tract, four miles long, a few hundred yards wide. ... Gilmore’s operations have not rendered the taking of the city of Charleston, possibly Charleston can be taken by Grant better than by Gilmore. ... Sumter is stronger than ever. Our shells do no material injury to Charleston. We have only gained the pieces to help the navy maintain the blockade. ... For this, Gilmore’s work has cost the Govt. more than one hundred and twenty millions of dollars. ... The iron clads can winter and summer inside the bar off Charleston; this ensures exemption from blockade running. ... Let colored troops garrison such points as it is desirable to hold. Leave a small garrison in Morris Island, and then send from here more than twenty thousand good white troops (veterans) to Grant or Meade.”
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