Petition of the Charleston parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael "and the adjacent parochial districts" to the Senate of South Carolina and its president, requests that the line of fortification erected across Charleston Neck "should be permanently preserved" and asks that the state consider purchasing "to a certain extent the lands on which these lines are erected." This statement follows attacks on neighboring states by the British army and warns of future wars, domestic or international, in which the fortification would prove valuable.
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--the Rebel iron-clads in Charleston Harbor.--from a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of Company B, 21st Regiment (Confederate) S.C. Vol.--see page 317.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--"Folly's Battery," near the lighthouse, Charleston Harbor. From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, Company B, 21st Regt., S.C. (Confederate) Vol.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--the "Middle Ground" Battery, Charleston Harbor.--from a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of the Confederate Army.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
