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Volume 14, Chapter 26 - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida

April 13, 1862 - Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, orders emancipation of slaves at Fort Pulaski and on Cockspur Island, Ga.
Apr 14, 1862 - Reconnaissance on Seabrook Island, S. C.
Apr 16,1862 - Skirmish on Whitemarsh Island, Ga.
Apr 18,1862 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Middle and East Florida.
Apr 19, 1862 - Skirmish on Edisto Island, S. C. Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Army, assigned to special duty in the Department of the South
Apr 29, 1862 - Engagements at Pineberry Battery, Willstown, and White Point, S.C.
May 9, 1862 - Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, orders the emancipation of slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and authorizes the arming of all able-bodied negroes in those States.
May 13, 1862 - Abduction of the steamer Planter from Charleston, S. C.
May 20,1862 - Bombardment of Cole's Island, S. C. Affair on Crooked River, Fla.
May 21,1862 - Affair near Battery Island, S. C.
May 22, 1862 - Expedition to Johns Island, S. C.
May 25, 1862 - Affair between James and Dixon's Islands, S. C.
May 29,1862 - Skirmish at Pocotaligo, S. C.
June 3, 1862 - Skirmish on James Island, S. C.
Jun 6, 1862 - Affair at Port Royal Ferry, S. C.
Jun 7, 1862 - Skirmish on John's Island, S. C.
Jun 8,1862 - Skirmish on James Island, S. C.
Jun 8-9, 1862 - Affairs on John's Island, S. C.
Jun 10,1862 - Skirmish on James Island, S. C.
Jun 12, 1862 - Reconnaissance on Hutchinson's Island, S. C.
Jun 13, 1862 - Affair at White House, near Hilton Head, S. C.
Jun 15,1862 - Naval descent upon Saint Mark's, Fla.
Jun 16, 1862 - Engagement at Secessionville, James Island, S. C.
Jun 21, 1862 - Engagement at Simmon's Bluff, S. C.
Jun 28-July 7, 1862 - Evacuation of James Island, S. C.
Jun 30-July 1, 1862 - Bombardment of Tampa, Fla.
July 4, 1862 - Affair at Port Royal Ferry, S. C.
Jul 9, 1862 - Expedition to Fenwick's Island, S. C.
Jul 9-10, 1862 - Demonstrations against Pocotaligo, S. C.
Aug. 8, 1862 - West Florida detached from the Department of the South and annexed to the Department of the Gulf.
Aug 10, 1862 - Capture of the Confederate steamer General Lee in the Savannah River, Ga.
Aug 13, 1862 - Engagement on Black River, S. C.
Aug 21, 1862 - Affair on Pinckney Island, S. C.
Sept. 1, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of the South.
Sep 3, 1862 - The Tenth Army Corps constituted under command of Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U. S. Army.
Sep 5, 1862 - Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Department of the South.
Sep 10, 1862 - Skirmish on the Kilkenny River, S. C.
Sep 11, 1862 - Engagement at Saint John's Bluff, Fla.
Sep 17, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the South. Engagement at Saint John's Bluff, Fla.
Sep 24, 1862 - General G. T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John C. Pemberton in command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. Affair on Skull Creek, S. C.
Sep 30-Oct. 3, 1862 - Reconnaissances on May and Savannah Rivers, Ga.
Sep 30-Oct. 13, 1862 - Expedition from Hilton Head, S. C., to Saint John's Bluff, Fla.
Oct. 6, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of East Florida, and Brig. Gen. John H. Forney, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of West Florida.
Oct 7, 1862 - Middle and East Florida embraced in General Beauregard's command.
Oct 18, 1862 - Affair at Kirk's Bluff, S. C.
Oct 22-23, 1862 - Skirmish at Coosawhatchie, S. C., and engagements at the Caston and Frampton Plantations, near Pocotaligo, S. C.
Oct 24, 1862 - Affair on Saint Helena Island, S. C.
Oct 27, 1862 - Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, U. S. Army, assumes temporary command of the Department of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased.
Nov. 3-10, 1862 - Expedition along the coasts of Georgia and East Florida.
Nov 4, 1862 - General Beauregard's command extended to the Choctawhatchee.
Nov 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Spaulding's, on Sapello River, Ga.
Nov 13-18, 1862 - Expedition from Beaufort to Doboy River, Ga.
Nov 18, 1862 - Skirmish on Doboy River, Ga.
Jan. 20, 1863 - Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Department of the South.
Jan 23-Feb. 1, 1863 - Expedition from Beaufort, S. C., up the Saint Mary's River, in Georgia and Florida.
Jan 26, 1863 - Skirmish at Township, Fla.
Jan 27, 1863 - Naval attack on Fort McAllister, Genesis Point, Ga.
Jan 29, 1863 - Expedition to Daufuskie Island, S. C.
Jan. 30, l863 - Capture of U. S. steamer Isaac Smith in Stono River, S. C.
Jan 31, 1863 - Attack on blockading squadron off Charleston, S. C. Affair on Bull Island, S. C.
Feb. 1, 1863 - Naval attack on Fort McAllister, Genesis Point, Ga.
Feb 18, 1863 - The South Carolina Militia called into service.
Feb 28, 1863 - Destruction of the Confederate steamer Nashville. Naval attack on Fort McAllister, Ga.
Mar. 3, 1863 - Naval attack on Fort McAllister, Ga.
Mar 9, 1863 - Skirmish near Saint Augustine, Fla. Affair at Fort McAllister, Ga.
Mar 10, 1863 - Union forces reoccupy Jacksonville, Fla.
Mar 20, 1863 - Affair in Saint Andrew's Bay, Fla.
Mar 22, l863 - Destruction of the steamer Georgiana, off Charleston, S. C.
Mar 23-31, l863 - Operations near Jacksonville, Fla.
Mar 24, 1863 - Affair in Ocklockonnee Bay, Fla.
Mar 25, 1863 - Skirmish at Jacksonville, Fla.
Mar 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Palatka, Fla.
Mar 29, 1863 - Skirmish at Jacksonville, Fla.
Mar 31, 1863 - Jacksonville, Fla., evacuated by the Union forces.
April 7, l863 - Engagement in Charleston Harbor, S. C.
Apr 9, 1863 - Destruction of steamer George Washington, near Beaufort, S. C.
Apr 10, 1863 - Skirmish on Folly Island, S. C.
Apr 12, l863 - Destruction of the steamer Stonewall Jackson.
Apr 27, 1863 - Affair at Murray's Inlet, S. C.
May 4, 1863 - Affair at Murray's Inlet, S. C.
May 18-21, 1863 - Torpedo operations in Skull Creek and skirmish on Pope's Island.
May 31, 1863 - Affair on James Island, S. C.
June 2, 1863 - Union raid on the Combahee River, S. C.
Jun 3, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, U. S. Army, assigned temporarily to command of the Department of the South.
Jun 4, 1863 - Expedition from Fort Pulaski, Ga., to Bluffton, S. C.
Jun 8, 1863 - Affair near Brunswick, Ga.
Jun 11, 1863 - Attack on Darien, Ga.
Jun 11-13, l863 - Operations on Little Folly Island, S. C.

 

 

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