Apr 21, 2015
Potter’s Raid, April 21, 1865: "The last shots loaded with hostile intent were fired as a salute"
With the destruction of trains at Middleton Depot on April 20, 1865, Brigadier-General Edward E. Potter turned his division to the Santee River Road on April 21, with the aim of marching back to Georgetown.
Potter had his men on the march at dawn on the 21st. In the rear was the 25th Ohio Infantry and Major Edward Culp:
While on Governor Manning’s plantation, and within sight of his mansion,…
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