J.M. Brown on Civil War 'trophies,' South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
John Marshall Brown of Portland wrote to his sister, Nellie (Ellen), about the small skirmish federal troops had at John's Island and the "trophies" he got as a result.
He picked up several Confederate sabers, including one with a wooden scabbard. But his "greatest prize of all" was a dilapidated wagon that he fixed up, attached to his horse Bramhall, and had been riding up and down the eight-mile beach on Folly's Island where he was stationed.
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