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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09213 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris complaining about an unfulfilled requisition for slaves to build coastal defenses |
| Date | 5 June 1863 |
| Author | Echols, William H. (fl. 1863) |
| Recipient | Harris, D. B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Unfulfilled requisitions to the South Carolina government for slaves "leaves the Capt almost entirely without laborers and consequently without the means of carrying on satisfactorily the work expected to be done" for coastal defense. With autograph endorsement signed by Harris, forwarding the letter to General Beauregard, and autograph endorsement signed by General Thomas Jordan forwarding it to Governor Bonham. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Confederate States of America Fortification |
| People | Echols, William H. (fl. 1863) Harris, D. B. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |