Records consist of letters containing daily reports submitted by Assistant Engineer F.M. Hall at Fort Sumter to Major W.H. Echols, "Chief Engineer, S.C." at Charleston, South Carolina.Reports (Dec. 17-Dec. 23) concern work on fortifications being done by slaves and soldiers as well as small administrative and military matters.
Black-and-white photograph of Claude H. Moore in uniform. Writing on back of image reads, "To my good friend, Mr. Willie McLeod. Sincerely, Claude H. Moore in uniform of Confederate Commander."
Note from Stohenthal accompanying an enclosure of $12.500 (in Confederate Depository Certificate), for Drayton's 108 cotton bales. Enclosure not found.
A letter from Benjamin Allston writing about socializing with confederate dragoons, the names of those involved, dinner with General Walker's staff and reports of Union movements from a "negro spy." The letter also writes about a report in the newspaper discussing the brutal treatment of enslaved persons by the "Yankees" which the spy stated is common.
