This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1861–1864
The coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida were constituted a department under General Robert E. Lee. He arrived to find the sea islands indefensible and said so; his answer was to give them up and fortify the mainland line, which is why Charleston was still Confederate three years later.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 6
The destruction of a sloop near Fort Moultrie on 5 November 1864 appears as a single line in the naval index — the last year of the Charleston blockade is a list of small vessels caught in the inlets.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 16
Entries are dated from the War of the Rebellion official records, the naval official records and contemporary Charleston sources. Browse the whole year.