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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Extracts from the diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, of the Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers. (search)
tainly be hazardous to reduce the force on James Island any more. We are holding the key to the ciir respective regiments. Upon my return to James Island I found the regiment at Camp Glover and mysh Carolina troops was added to the force on James Island. It seemed to be the settled belief of thes, became for awhile the ranking officer on James Island, and the command of the island devolved on art of July, 1863, were very quiet times on James Island. Daily drills, dress parades and guard mouamer Pawnee came up Stono river and shelled James Island as she proceeded. The regiment marched to ront though the enemy had advanced and held James Island as far as Grimballs. July 10th.—We were captured, the fall of the other defences on James Island would be almost inevitable. [I have been i officers were killed. While riding over James Island with General Colquit, and showing him the g thought that the enemy held the road from James Island to Taylor's Island, and could bring reinfor