Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1860-01-01 - 1860-12-31
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Folder two contains letters and documents from 1860 including reports from officers stationed in forts in and around Charleston harbor (SC). The primary subjects of correspondence include military preparedness, general defenses, and vulnerabilities of the various forts. Some documents show early Confederate preparations for attacking Fort Sumter, which at that point remained in possession of the United States. This folder also includes applications for the South Carolina state militia from...
Dates:
1860-01-01 - 1860-12-31
South Carolina state ordinances and related correspondence, 1862-01-06 - 1862-12-27
File — Box 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Folder seven contains David F. Jamison’s personal copies of government ordinances enacted during his time as Confederate provost marshal and letters from Jamison’s tenure as head of South Carolina’s secession convention.
Dates:
1862-01-06 - 1862-12-27