When the war broke out, Thomas Daggett joined Confederate forces and was put in charge of the coastal defenses from Winyah Bay to Little River Inlet.
Like Battery White, which was located on Belle Isle on Winyah Bay just outside Georgetown, Fort Randall was an earthen work. Records indicate that the battery consisted of an approximately 10 foot broad and five foot deep ditch with a parapet and a blockhouse pierced so that defenders could fire without being exposed top enemy fire.
The fort was armed with two 6-pounder cannons. He also inquired as to getting two 12-pounder cannons which were in the mill yard at Laurel Hill Plantation.
In addition to the blockhouse, he also built a magazine to store ammunition and arms.
--Old B-Runner
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