Book Description
Consisting of correspondence, 26 October 1861-18 January 1864, re his service on the U.S. Gunboat Ottawa off the South Carolina coast. Including letter, 30 November 1861, U.S. Gun Boat Ottawa, Hilton Head, South Carolina, relating the voyage from New York to the South Carolina coast, giving an account of activities prior to the attack, and hailing the successful invasion -- "...the planters have deserted their homes, leaving the negroe's to look out for themselves, and their property to destruction...the heavy hand of retribution is visible in flight of the people & the destruction of their homes"; and letter, 18 January 1864, from Morreau Forrest, "Off the coast of Morris Island, S.C.," reviewing an unsuccessful attack on Fort Sumter, exonerating him from blame, and including an endorsement by Lt. Commander F.M. Bunce.