Battle of Grimball's Landing: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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This battle was the first engagement of the [[54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hedden |first=Paul |url=http://jamesislandmessenger.com/battle-sol-legare-island-july-16-1863/ |title=Battle of Sol Legare Island, July 16, 1863 |work=James Island Messenger |location=[[James Island, South Carolina]] |date=2014-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204190657/http://jamesislandmessenger.com/battle-sol-legare-island-july-16-1863/ |archivedate=4 December 2014 |accessdate=2016-05-25 }}</ref>

A letter to his wife written two days later by First Sergeant [[Robert John Simmons]] (a British citizen from [[Bermuda]], who had previously served in the [[British Army]]) shortly before the attack on Battery Wagner was published in the ''New York Tribune'' on the 23rd of23 December, 1863, giving a first-hand account of the action.<ref>[http://54th-mass.org/tag/bcf/ 54th Mass.org]</ref>

{{blockquote|[[Folly Island]], South Carolina