Alfred Rhett

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Alfred Rhett was a Colonel of the 1st South Carolina Artillery.

Antebellum

Service Record

December 26, 1860 - April 14, 1861: Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Alfred Rhett was a Lieutenant in the Provisional Confederate States Army


These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 1)

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(SC LtC) Roswell Ripley
  • At the outbreak of the war, Roswell Ripley was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Provisional Confederate States Army
To Rhett: From Rhett:
April 18, 1861 - Lieutenant Alfred Rhett to Lieutenant Colonel Roswell Ripley

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Report of Lieutenant Alfred Rhett, commanding detachment Company B, Battalion Artillery, South Carolina Army

FORT SUMTER,
April 17, 1861.

SIR: I have the honor to draw your attention to the coolness and meritorious conduct of the following non-commissioned officers and privates of Company B, under my command, displayed during the recent bombardment of Fort Sumter: Sergeants Schaffer and Edwards, Corporals Fullum and Pettigru, and Privates McGill and Randall. The whole command, indeed, behaved well.

I have the honor to remain, colonel, very respectfully,

ALFRED RHETT,
First Lieutenant, Commanding Detachment Company B.

Lieutenant Colonel R.S. RIPLEY.

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