2021-02 Raynors HCA Live
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Confederate Document Signed secretarily for Lt. Colonel Joseph Yates, 3pp. folio, February 21, 1864, Shell Point, South Carolina, Fort Johnson, and docketed "Copies of Instructions for the Officers in Command of the Pickets and the Lines, Naval Signals, &c." and reads in small part: "...should the same boat discover the approach of 'Monitors', two (2) blue lights will be burned...Fort Sumter will report the signal...without waiting for the signal from the 'Lookout Boat'...under no circumstances will a sentinel be allowed to sit...upon being challenged, should answer 'look sharp.'..." More. Very good condition. Fort Johnson was strategically important during the colonial era, as it was located on the banks of the Ashley River. The fort was named after Sir Nathaniel Johnson, who served as the Governor of Carolina from 1703 to 1709. It was the site of the first raising of the South Carolina state flag in 1775. The magazine was built in 1765 and is a brick structure that measures 27 feet long and 20 feet wide. It was buried during the American Civil War by Confederate soldiers, and uncovered in 1931.
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