This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862
A Federal expedition onto John’s Island. Between the Stono and the Kiawah, the island was a corridor toward the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and both sides raided across it for the rest of the war without ever holding it.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
A letter to Pemberton on the “apprehension of unfortunate consequences which may arise from any doubt or misunderstanding of the relation between you and the Governor.” Confederate Charleston was governed by an uneasy partnership between a state that had started the war and an army that had to fight it.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
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