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THBR.S. Ripley ALS and DS Regarding Artillery Ordnance, 1861
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R.S. Ripley ALS and DS Regarding Artillery Ordnance, 1861
Lot of 2 documents, each signed by Brigadier General Roswell Sabine Ripley (1823-1887), regarding artillery ordnance during the operations against Fort Sumter.
ALS as Lieutenant Colonel, 1p, 7.75 x 9.5 in., " Head Quarters Fort Moultrie. " March 31, 1861. Addressed to Colonel Edward Manigault, Chief of Ordance. Here, Ripley reports the need to get heavier handspikes for Mortar Battery No. 2, as they are needed for the heavy 10-inch mortars.
DS as Brigadier General, 2pp, 8.25 x 10.625 in., " Charleston, SC. " April 22, 1861. An invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores delivered to Ripley at Fort Sumter. The document lists twenty different pieces of equipment and is signed by W.G. Eason for Colonel Manigault. With note written on verso dated December 12, 1862 in which Ripley certifies that the listing on the front was " expended during the operations against Fort Sumter. "
Ripley graduated from West Point in 1843 and was brevetted twice for his service in the Mexican War. During the Civil War, he served as a Confederate lieutenant colonel with South Carolina forces, occupying both Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter after its evacuation by Major Robert Anderson in 1861. He was later appointed brigadier general and was charged with coastal defense. Later, he was transferred to field command in Virginia, leading forces at Sharpsburg, where he was wounded in the neck. - Shipping Info
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