This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1864
At quarter past six in the evening: “Scouts have penetrated to the hedge near Grimball’s house. The enemy appears to have disappeared and their pickets gone from that vicinity. Extensive redoubts and intrenched lines” were found abandoned. The Federals were leaving James Island.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Federal troops pushed onto James Island and skirmished near Secessionville, drawing the Confederate garrison’s attention to the west while boat parties prepared to cross for Fort Johnson before dawn.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 35, Pt. 1
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