2023-08 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/26/2023
Autograph Letter Signed "Augustine T. Smyth" 4pp., dateline C.S.S Palmetto State, Nov. 22, 1863 to Mrs. Tho Parker. In part, "You asked me once to let you know the whereabouts of the Calhoun Guard. They were for a long time encamped at garrison to the Battery at White Point Garden, then they went to Morris Island. .. they relieved the regulars at Fort Sumter .. repulsed the attack of the Yankees on the fort. They were moved to James Island where they now are, I believe. The Battalion tho, as such, has ceased to exist for a junction nhas been made between it & Nelson's Battalion forming a new Regiment, the 36th. .. In every engagement which they have been in, they have added new laurels to those worn at Secessionville & are one of the best bodies of troops we have. Their conduct at Morris Island & Sumter has been spoken of in the highest praise ..."Augustine T. Smythe served in the SC College Company of the 25th Militia ... he then became the "Lookout" stationed at the steeple of St. Michaels Church with a job of looking for enemy vessels advancing on the harbor. His final assignment was service of the CSS Palmetto State.CSS Palmetto State was one of six Richmond class casemate ironclad rams built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in 1862, she defended Charleston, South Carolina and was burnt in 1865 to prevent her capture by advancing Union troops.
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