This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1861
With Port Royal taken, Charleston spent December 1861 expecting an attack that did not come for sixteen months. Guns went into the harbor works, obstructions were planned, and the city’s confidence in Fort Sumter — now Confederate, and repaired — was high.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 6
The USS Augusta, off Charleston, reported taking the British ship Cheshire as a prize about twelve miles east-southeast of Tybee three days earlier. The blockade was seven months old and beginning to bite.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 12
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