Battles in South Carolina in 1860



NOVEMBER - 1860
Nov. 10 - Gov. Wm. H. Gist calls for a convention


DECEMBER - 1860
Dec. 20 Secession Convention - Columbia, SC, Barnwell, SC and Charleston, SC
The Ordinance of Secession
Dec. 20 Castle Pinckney Reconnaissance by Federal Troops
Dec. 26 Transfer of Federal Troops from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter
Charleston Mercury Account
A Peep at Fort Moultrie
Dec. 26 The Occupation of Castle Pinckney - The O.R. lists this as occurring on the 27th.
Dec. 30 Seizure of the Charleston Arsenal
Charleston Mercury Account
Occupation of Morris Island







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