This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1864–1865
Lieutenant Johnston with three officers and fifty men came prematurely from Mount Pleasant and relieved the detachment on duty. Inside the bar: the New Ironsides, four monitors, four tugs and fifteen sailing vessels; outside, the Wabash and four other blockaders.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
Skirmishes at Congaree Creek, Savannah Creek, Bates’ Ferry and Red Bank Creek as the Federal army closed on the South Carolina capital. Two days later Columbia burned, and Charleston was evacuated the same night.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 47
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