This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862
From Fort Sumter: one of the enemy’s gunboats came very near in the main ship channel and shelled Morris Island for a short time about two in the afternoon. In June 1862 Fort Sumter was an intact Confederate fort, and it fired back.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
An engagement at Simmons’ Bluff on the Wadmalaw. Five days after Secessionville, the Federal force on the Stono was raiding rather than advancing; a week later it was ordered off James Island altogether.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
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