This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1860–1864
State troops took the United States Arsenal in Charleston with its stand of arms and stores. Within five days of Anderson’s move, South Carolina held every piece of federal property in the district except Fort Sumter — and the Star of the West was already being loaded in New York.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 1
With Savannah taken, Sherman spent the last days of 1864 preparing to move into South Carolina — the state his soldiers blamed for the war. Charleston’s garrison, still manning the harbor forts against a fleet, was about to be outflanked by an army coming overland.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 44
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