This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1865
A Federal expedition to Daufuskie Island, at the mouth of the Savannah River. Every sea island taken tightened the ring; by 1863 the Union held the coast from Port Royal to the Stono, and the Confederate line ran along the mainland creeks a few miles behind.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Skirmish at Robertsville as the left wing of Sherman’s army crossed into South Carolina in earnest. Soldiers who had burned little in Georgia wrote openly that South Carolina would be different, and it was.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 47
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