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38 Carolina line to the South Santee, under Col. A. M. Manigault, Tenth volunteers, with headquarters at Georgetown; the Second, from the South Santee to the Stono, under Gen. R. S. Ripley, with headquarters at Charleston; the Third, from the Stono to the Ashepoo, under Gen. N. G. Evans, with headquarters at Adams run; the Fourth, from Ashepoo to Port Royal entrance, under Gen. J. C. Pemberton, with headquarters at Coosawhatchie; the Fifth, the remainder of the line to the Savannah river, under Gen. T. F. Drayton, with head quarters at Hardeeville.

On the 27th of December, General Lee wrote to Governor Pickens that his movable force for the defense of the State, not including the garrisons of the forts at Georgetown and those of Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, Castle Pinckney and the works for the defense of the approaches through Stono, Wappoo, etc., which could not be removed from their posts, amounted to 10,036 Confederate troops the Fourth brigade, South Carolina militia, 1,531 strong; Colonel Martin s mounted regiment, 567 strong; two regiments from North Carolina, Clingman s and Radcliffe s; two regiments from Tennessee, the Eighth and Sixteenth, and Colonel Starke s Virginia regiment; the Tennesseeans and Virginians making a brigade under Brigadier- General Donelson. The above, with four field batteries, made up the force scattered from Charleston to the Savannah river, and stationed along the line, on the mainland, in front of the head quarters above named.

Nothing of- great importance occurred for the remainder of the year 1861 along the coast of South Carolina, except the sinking of a &quot;stone fleet&quot; of some twenty vessels across the main ship channel on December 20th, in Charleston harbor. This was done by the order of the United States government to assist the blockade of the port, and was pronounced by General Lee as an &quot;achievement unworthy of any nation.&quot;