John A. Dahlgren to Martha M. Dahlgren, 10 August 1863
Off Morris I.
Aug 10th—
Dear Patty
Your letters come regularly and relieve me much. Our worst enemy here is the climate. Officers and men break down daily and have to be sent away. Yesterday a whole ship's company
Charley might not to come before Oct. the work will be tedious and done step by step. The Confds are now plainly preparing the second step for us,—as if they admitted the fall of Sumter.
In a few days we resume, and the cannonade will exceed any previous I have a Regiment of Marines and also a Battery in the trenches manned by sailors. Afloat we shall be in full fig. Tell Ully he will yet / be in time to enter Charleston with his Regiment. But must not be in a hurry to get well. A Colonel at 21 will be a phenomenon. Com. A of the Marines (McCawly's) are six-footers regular Grenadiers.
Well I have a heap to do and the press on me never ceases. I live really in public—my little cabin open on all sides, and not even the meal times private. At night the booming of cannon does not cease
Give my love to the Colonel—and tell him Newport will make all right.
I send back Paully's letters to be taken care of
Most Affectionately
Your Brother
Have a letter from Mr Sunderland—which I will answer. very kind of him always glad to hear from him.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4175) | DL1855 | 195 | Letters | 1863-08-10 |
Letter from Union Rear Admiral and Chief of US Navy Ordinance, John A. Dahlgren, Off Morris Island, South Carolina, August 10, (1863), to his Sister Patty (Martha Mathilda Dahlgren), re: assault on Fort Sumter, his son's Ulric Dahlgren's wound and promotion to Colonel
Tags: Artillery, Battle of Fort Sumter, Fatigue/Tiredness, Navy, Weather
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (719) [origination] ~ Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
SOURCES
John A. Dahlgren to Martha M. Dahlgren, 10 August 1863, DL1855, Nau Collection
