... governor estimated the troops in the forts and on the islands around Charleston at 1,800 men, all well drilled, and a reserve force in the city of 3,000. These forces, with Manigault's, Heyward's, Dunovant 's and Orr's regiments, he estimated at about 9,500 effective. On October 1st, General Ripley reported his Confederate force, not including the battalion of regular artillery and the regiment of r...