Battles in South Carolina in 1861



1861 JANUARY - 1861

Jan. 2 Seizure, Fort Johnson
Jan. 5 Expedition to Fort Sumter
The Southern Confederacy
Secret Movement of United States Troops
Jan. 9 Firing on Star of the West
First Casualty of the War
New York Herald Reports The Events in Charleston
Charleston Mercury Account of the 9th and 10th of January
New York Herald - How the North Perceived It.
Charleston Mercury - A View from Washington
Charleston Mercury - New York Commentary on the Situation
Jan. 11 Military Arrivals and Movements
Jan. 11 Surrender of Fort Sumter Demanded

MARCH - 1861

March 1 Charleston/government of Confederate States assumes control of military affairs
March 3 Charleston/assumption of command by Brig. Gen. G. T. Beauregard

APRIL - 1861

April 3 Rhoda H. Shannon, Schooner/firing on
April 10 Expedition to Fort Sumter
April 11 Surrender of Fort Sumter Demanded
April 12-14 Bombardment of Fort Sumter and evacuation by Federal Troops

AUGUST - 1861

August 21 Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of South Carolina.(*)
Brig. Gen. John B. Grayson, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Middle and East Florida.

OCTOBER - 1861

Oct. 21-Nov. 7 Expedition under command of Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, U.S. Army, sails from Annapolis, MD to Port Royal
October 29 -- The Sherman expedition sails from Hampton Roads, Va.

NOVEMBER - 1861

Nov.5, 1861. -- The coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida, constituted a department, under command of General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army.
Nov. 7 Bombardment Forts Walker and Beauregard
Nov. 7 Engagement, Port Royal Harbor
Nov. 7-8 Beaufort/occurrences
Nov. 8, 1861. -- General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida.
Nov. 8 Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island
Nov. 10-11 Expedition from Hilton Head to Braddock's Point
Nov. 16 -- Capt. D. N. Ingraham, C. S. Navy, assigned to duty in. Charleston Harbor, S. C.

DECEMBER - 1861

Dec. 6- 7 Expedition to Port Royal Ferry and Beaufort, S. C.
Dec. 6 Occupation of Beaufort
Dec. 17 Skirmish, Chisholm Island
Dec. 17 Evacuation of Rockville, S. C., by the Confederate forces.
Dec. 20 Stone fleet sunk at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, S.C.








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