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December 26, 2019

The Evacuation of Fort Moultrie and Occupation of Fort Sumter by the U.S. Army in December 1860

On December 20th, 1860, a convention of South Carolina secessionists met in Charleston and voted unanimously to secede from the Union, the first state to do so. After this momentous–and ultimately fateful action–the convention...

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March 22, 2018

Lieutenant Colonel Augustus G. Bennett and Captain Samuel Cuskaden’s Reports on the Surrender and Occupation of Charleston, South Carolina February 1865.

Throughout the Civil War, the city of Charleston, South Carolina had both a strategic and symbolic value to the Union. The first shots of the war occurred at Fort Sumter in the city’s harbor,...

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February 12, 2015

Recovery of CSS Georgia Begins; CSS Hunley Hull Cleaned Off; Confederate Arms in Congaree River: Civil War in the News Winter 2015

The CSS Georgia was a Confederate ironclad built to defend Savannah, Georgia, but the vessel never went anywhere. The heavy ship had underpowered engines and was turned into a floating artillery battery. Even so,...

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January 31, 2015

Federals take Columbia, Charleston, and Wilmington; Hampton Roads Peace Conference; Battle of Hatcher’s Run: February 1865

February 1865 in the Civil War Fighting was intensifying, especially in the Carolinas, in the late winter of 1865. With its military situation rapidly deteriorating, the Confederacy made a last ditch effort at...

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May 19, 2014

Civil War Ships in the News Spring 2014

A Round Up of Civil War Era Ships in the News in the Spring of 2014 USS Monitor Restoration Resumes Ever since portions of the Union ironclad USS Monitor were recovered from the waters...

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February 1, 2014

Battle of Olustee; Meridian Campaign; CSS H. L. Hunley Sinks USS Housatonic: February 1864

February 1864 in the Civil War Although the larger armies remained in Winter Camp, the action did pick up a bit in February 1864 after a quiet January. On February 3rd, Major General William...

Modern Events

September 16, 2013

Chamberlain Medal Returns to Maine; Swamp Angel Honored: Civil War in the News Late Summer 2013

A Medal of Honor returns home and Trenton, New Jersey commemorates a cannon’s role in the Civil War in Civil War related news from August and September 2013. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor...

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August 30, 2013

Confederate Victories at Chickamauga and Sabine Pass; Federals Take Knoxville and Little Rock: September 1863

September 1863 in the Civil War After an August of reduced activity, the action in the Civil War picked up again as the summer of 1863 came to an end. The focus in September...

Tagged: charleston

The Evacuation of Fort Moultrie and Occupation of Fort Sumter by the U.S. Army in December 1860

Lieutenant Colonel Augustus G. Bennett and Captain Samuel Cuskaden’s Reports on the Surrender and Occupation of Charleston, South Carolina February 1865.

Recovery of CSS Georgia Begins; CSS Hunley Hull Cleaned Off; Confederate Arms in Congaree River: Civil War in the News Winter 2015

Federals take Columbia, Charleston, and Wilmington; Hampton Roads Peace Conference; Battle of Hatcher’s Run: February 1865

Civil War Ships in the News Spring 2014

Battle of Olustee; Meridian Campaign; CSS H. L. Hunley Sinks USS Housatonic: February 1864

Chamberlain Medal Returns to Maine; Swamp Angel Honored: Civil War in the News Late Summer 2013

Confederate Victories at Chickamauga and Sabine Pass; Federals Take Knoxville and Little Rock: September 1863

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