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Civil War Battles 

Volume 28, Chapter 40. Operations on the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, and in Middle and East Florida. June 12 - December 31, 1863

Jun 12, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. David Hunter in command of the Department of the South.

Jun 17, 1863 - Capture of the C. S. steamer Atlanta (Fingal), in Warsaw Sound, Ga.

Jun 18, 1863 - Skirmish on Edisto Island, S. C.

Jun 21, 1863 - Affair on Dixon's Island, S. C.

Jul 3, 1863 - Expedition to Ossabaw Island, Ga.

Jul 10, 1863 - Engagement at Willstown Bluff, Pon Pon River, S. C.

Jul 10-Sept. 7, 1863 - Operations on Morris Island, S. C.

Jul 16, 1863 - Engagement near Grimball's Landing, James Island, S. C.

Jul 20, 1863 - Bombardment of Legare's Point, James Island, S. C.

Jul 30, 1863 - Expedition to Barnwell's Island, S. C.

Aug 4, 1863 - Affair at the mouth of Vincent's Creek, S. C.

Aug 17-Dec. 31, 1863 - Bombardment of Fort Sumter, S. C.

Aug 19, 1863 - Capture of signal station at Saint John's Mill, Fla.

Aug 20-21, 1863 - Attempt to destroy the U. S. steamer New Ironsides, off Charleston Harbor, S. C.

Aug 21-Dec. 31, 1863 - Bombardment of Charleston, S. C.

Aug 31, 1863 - Sinking of the Confederate transport Sumter by batteries on Sullivan's Island, S. C.

Sep 7, 1863 - Affair on Battery Island, S. C.

Sep 7-8, l863 - Engagement in Charleston Harbor, S. C.

Sep 8-9, 1863 - Boat attack on Fort Sumter, S. C.

Sep 13-14, 1863 - Capture of Union telegraph party near Lowndes' Mill, Combahee River, S. C.

Sep 15, 1863 - Explosion at Battery Cheves, James Island, S. C.

Sep 22, l863 - Destruction of the Hudson Place Salt-Works, near Darien, Ga.

Oct 5, l863 - Attempt to blow up the U. S. steamer New Ironsides, off Charleston Harbor, S. C.

Oct 16, l863 - Engagement at Fort Brooke, Fla.

Oct 19, 1863 - Affair at Murrell's Inlet, S. C.

Nov 15, 1863 - Demonstration on John's Island, S. C.

Nov 16, 1863 - Engagement between the U. S. monitors and the Sullivan's Island batteries.

Nov 19-20, 1863 - Boat demonstration upon Fort Sumter, S. C.

Nov 24, 1863 - Skirmish near Cunningham's Bluff, S. C.

Dec 5, 1863 - Affair at Murrell's Inlet, S. C.

Dec 25, 1863 - Attack on the U. S. steamer Marblehead, in Stono River, S. C. Engagement at Fort Brooke, Fla.

Dec 28, 1863 - Affair on John's Island, S. C.

Dec 30, 1863 - Skirmish near Saint Augustine, Fla.