The exchange of wounded prisoners took place at a harbor buoy near Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor. The Confederate vessel Alice appeared with a flag of truce and was met by the hospital ship U.S.S. Cosmopolitan. All firing between the forts and the ship ceased for the rest of the day as both sides watched the transfer. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Siege of Charleston," Harper's Weekly Illustrated, August 29, 1863, 551.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
