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July
16
-- Secessionville
To divert Confederate reinforcements from a renewed attack on
Fort
Wagner
, Gen. Gillmore designed two feints. An amphibious force ascended
Stone
River
to threaten the Charleston & Savannah Railroad bridge. A second force,
consisting of Terry's division, landed on
James
Island
on July 8. Terry demonstrated against the Confederate defenses. On July
16, the Confederates attacked Terry's camp at Grimball's Landing. Because
of incomplete reconnaissance of the difficult, marshy ground, the
disorganized Confederate attack was soon aborted. Their mission
accomplished, Federal troops withdrew from the island on July 17.
July
17, 1863 Honey Springs / Elk Creek / Shaw's Inn
July
19, 1863 Buffington Island / St. Georges Creek
July
23, 1863 Manassas Gap / Wapping Heights
July
24-25, 1863 Big Mound
July
26, 1863 Salineville / New Lisbon Road / Wellsville
July
26, 1863 Dead Buffalo Lake
July
28, 1863 Stony Lake
August
- December -- Bombardment of Fort Sumter
Federal batteries erected on
Morris
Island
opened fire on August 17 and continued their bombardment of
Fort
Sumter
and the
Charleston
defenses until August 23. Despite a severe pounding,
Fort
Sumter
's garrison held out. Siege operations continued against
Fort
Wagner
on
Morris
Island
.
Aug
17-Aug 23, 1863 Fort Sumter / Charleston Harbor / Morris Island
August
21, 1863 Chattanooga
August
21, 1863 Lawrence / Lawrence Massacre
September
3-5, 1863 Whitestone Hill
September
6
--
Charleston
Harbor
The night of September 6-7, Confederate forces evacuated
Fort
Wagner
and Battery Gregg pressured by advancing Federal siegeworks. Federal
troops then occupied all of
Morris
Island
. On September 8, a storming party of about 400 marines and sailors
attempted to surprise
Fort
Sumter
. The attack was repulsed.
September
1, 1863 Devil's Backbone / Backbone Mountain
September
7-8, 1863 Charleston Harbor / Battery Gregg
September
8, 1863 Sabine Pass II
September
8
-- Fort Griffin Texas
About 6:00 am on the morning of September 8, 1863, a Union flotilla of
four gunboats and seven troop transports steamed into Sabine Pass and up
the Sabine River with the intention of reducing Fort Griffin and landing
troops to begin occupying Texas. As the gunboats approached
Fort
Griffin
, they came under accurate fire from six cannons. The Confederate gunners
at
Fort
Griffin
had been sent there as a punishment. To break the day-to-day monotony, the
gunners practiced firing artillery at range markers placed in the river.
Their practice paid off.
Fort
Griffin
's small force of 44 men, under command of Lt. Richard W. Dowling, forced
the Union flotilla to retire and captured the gunboat
Clifton
and about 200 prisoners. Further Union operations in the area ceased for
about a month. The heroics at
Fort
Griffin
--44 men stopping a Union expedition--inspired other Confederate soldiers.
September
10, 1863 Bayou Fourche / Little Rock
September
18-20, 1863 Chickamauga
September
19
-- The
Battle
of
Chickamauga
.
On September 19, Union and Confederate forces met at Chickamauga Creek in
Tennessee
. After a brief period of fighting, Union forces retreated to
Chattanooga
, and the Confederacy maintained control of the battlefield. After
Rosecrans's debacle at
Chickamauga
, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's army occupied the mountains that
ring the vital railroad center of
Chattanooga
.
September
22, 1863 Blountsville
September
29, 1863 Stirling's Plantation / Fordoche Bridge
October
6, 1863 Baxter Springs
October
10, 1863 Blue Springs
October
13, 1863 Auburn / Catlett's Station / St. Stephen's Church
October
14, 1863 Bristoe Station
October
14, 1863 Auburn / Coffee Hill
October
16-18, 1863 Fort Brooke
October
19, 1863 Buckland Mills / Buckland Races / Chestnut Hill
October
25, 1863 Pine Bluff
October
28-29, 1863 Wauhatchie / Brown's Ferry
November
3, 1863 Collierville
November
6, 1863 Droop Mountain
November
7, 1863 Rappahannock Station
November
16, 1863 Campbell's Station
November
23-25, 1863 Chattanooga
November
1863 -- The
Battle
of
Chattanooga
. Grant, brought in to save the situation, steadily built up offensive
strength, and on November 23- 25 burst the blockade in a series of
brilliantly executed attacks. Union forces pushed Confederate troops away
from
Chattanooga
. The victory set the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
November
27, 1863 Ringgold Gap / Taylor's Ridge
Nov
27-Dec 2, 1863 Mine Run / Payne's Farm / New Hope Church
November
29, 1863 Fort Sanders / Fort Loudon
November-December
-- The Siege of Knoxville
The difficult strategic situation of the federal armies after
Chickamauga
enabled Bragg to detach a force under Longstreet to drive Burnside out of
eastern
Tennessee
. Burnside sought refuge in
Knoxville
, which he successfully defended from Confederate assaults.
December
14, 1863 Bean's Station
December
29, 1863 Mossy Creek
January
17, 1864 Dandridge
January
26, 1864 Athens / Alabama
January
27, 1864 Fair Garden
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December 18,1860 -- The
Crittenden Compromise
January 1861
-- The South Secedes.
When Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the
South Carolina
legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the
delegates voted to remove the state of South
Carolina from the union known as the
United States of America
. The Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of
six more states --
Mississippi
,
Florida
,
Alabama
,
Georgia
,
Louisiana
, and
Texas
-- and the threat of Secession by four more --
Virginia
,
Arkansas
,
Tennessee
, and
North Carolina
. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of
America
. Ordinances
of Secession
January 7 - Speech
of Tennessee Governor Isham G. Harris
January 9 - Mississippi
seceded from the
Union
.
January 10 -
Florida
seceded from the
Union
.
January 11
Alabama
seceded from the
Union
. Speech
of E.S. Dargan
January 19 Georgia
seceded from the
Union
.
January 26
Louisiana
seceded from the
Union
.
January 29
Kansas
admitted to the
Union
.
February 1 Texas
seceded from the
Union
.
February 1861--
The South Creates a Government.
At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states
created the Confederate
Constitution,
a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with
greater stress on the autonomy of each state. Jefferson
Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy
until elections could be held.
February 1861--
The South Seizes Federal Forts.
When President Buchanan --
Lincoln
's predecessor -- refused to surrender southern federal forts to the
seceding states, southern state troops seized them. At
Fort Sumter
,
South Carolina
troops repulsed a supply ship trying to reach federal forces based
in the fort. The ship was forced to return to
New York
, its supplies undelivered.
March 4 1861--
Lincoln's
Inauguration.
At
Lincoln
's inauguration the new president said he had no plans to end
slavery in those states where it already existed, but he also said
he would not accept secession. He hoped to resolve the national
crisis without warfare.
March 9 - Address
of George Williamson to the Texas Secession Convention
March 11 1861--
Confederate
Constitution.
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