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Tag Archives: Charleston
“battle for freedom”
As you can read at Civil War Daily Gazette, 150 years ago today the 54th Massachusetts , a regiment of black soldiers, led a failed assault on Battery Wagner at Charleston. An article published in the August 22, 1863 issue … Continue reading
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Tagged 54th Massachusetts regiment, Charleston, Sidney George Fisher, Slavery, war aims
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” some ugly pock marks”
Not exactly the Union objective 150 years ago yesterday a federal fleet commanded by Samuel F. Du Pont tried to take a first step toward capturing Charleston, South Carolina by attacking Fort Sumter. The attack was unsuccessful. From The New-York … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Naval Matters
Tagged Charleston, Ft. Sumter, Samuel Francis Du Pont, USS Keokuk
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Gunboat Diplomacy
Civil War Daily Gazette published an excellent account of the naval action off Charleston harbor on January 31, 1863. Two Confederate rams disabled a couple Union blockading ships. The Gazette pointed out that the Confederacy asserted that the action broke … Continue reading
“they mowed our men down like grass”
You can read all about it at Civil War Daily Gazette and The Civil War 150th Blog. Here a man from Seneca Falls, New York, who volunteered for the 8th Michigan, describes the Battle of Secessionville in a letter home. … Continue reading
Union Hasn’t Forgotten Charleston
It is said that 150 years ago today the USS Pembina captured the schooner Rowena in the Stono River near Charleston. The southern press was also noticing increased Union military activity in the area. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June … Continue reading
Generosity for Charleston
About a week ago a fire raged through part of Charleston. The catastrophe inspired a generous response from a non- South Carolina regiment From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 19, 1861: Liberal Contribution. –We learn, from able authority, that the … Continue reading
Fire Eats (part of) Charleston
On the night of December 11 – 12, 1861 a large portion of Charleston, South Carolina burned. The Richmond Daily Dispatch of December 14, 1861 printed Jefferson Davis’ reaction, in which the CSA president urged Congress to appropriate some money … Continue reading
HUMANITY Chimes In
From The New-York Times September 30, 1861: Our Soldiers Imprisoned at Castle Pinckney. To the Editor of the New-York Times: Again our wounded prisoners have been subjected to a painful and weary journey from Richmond to Castle Pinckney, and again … Continue reading
Snippets from Charleston
Three from the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 19, 1861: 1860 was, of course, a census year. Here’s the results from a hotbed of secession. Census of Charleston. The Charleston (S. C.) Mercury of the 3d has the subjoined carefully compiled … Continue reading
Omen
LETTER FROM FORT SUMPTER. From a reliable correspondent at Fort Sumpter, the Philadelphia North American gathers the following particulars: “No order for the evacuation of the fort had reached there up to the 31st inst. On the previous Saturday, the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Charleston, Fort Sumter, General Beauregard, Robert Anderson
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