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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1863., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) or search for Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) in all documents.
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The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], Who is to blame? (search)
Who is to blame?
--The enemy has obtained a foot hold on Morris's Island, and the city of Charleston is greatly endangered.
As usual, the people find fault with the commanding General and officers in charge.
Why was not this guarded against?
Why was not the lower end of Morris's Island so fortified as to be able to frustraMorris's Island so fortified as to be able to frustrate all attempts of the enemy to land there?
The Wilmington Journal pertinently answers these questions as follows:
As frequently happens, however, the fault was not with the commanding General and officers in charge, but with the people themselves.
Gen. Beauregard wanted to level the bills on Morris's Island, behind which tMorris's Island, behind which the Yankees sheltered themselves on landing.
He wanted to erect more batteries, and otherwise fortify the Island more strongly, but the planers would not furnish their hands, and there fore the work could not be done.
To the call of the Governor and General no adequate response was made.
Their hands were making crops which would