This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862–1863
By late November 1862 the coast was quiet and the war’s attention was on Virginia and the Mississippi. In Charleston, Beauregard used the lull to build the ring of works — Sumter’s shot-proof arrangements, the James Island line, the harbor obstructions — that met the ironclads in April.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
Beauregard wrote to a Georgetown planter acknowledging the importance of the Fourth Military District and the advantages Winyah Bay offered as a harbor. Georgetown and the Santee rice country were the department’s forgotten flank — lightly held, frequently raided, and finally taken without a fight in February 1865.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 28, Pt. 2
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