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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 6: siege of Knoxville.--operations on the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia. (search)
ons to attack Charleston, 185. seizure of the planter, 186. operations on James's Island, 187. battle of Secessionville, 188. expedition against the Charleston anad been for some time making preparations for throwing troops suddenly upon James's Island, and then advancing rapidly upon Charleston, where General Pemberton was th reached Wappoo before a part of the troops. were landed June 2, 1863. on James's Island, under the immediate command of General Benham, accompanied by General Huntere going on, the Confederates, who much out-numbered the Nationals then on James's Island, were strengthening their position at Secessionville, a pleasant little groof an immediate advance upon Charleston. The National troops withdrew from James's Island, and no further attempt to capture the capital of South Carolina was made f the southern side of the harbor, near the city, was the Wappoo Battery, on James's Island, which commanded the mouth of the Ashley River. Next to this was Fort John
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
ationals on Morris Island, 202. battle on James's Island, 203. assault on Fort Wagner, 204. repulst part. On the west it is separated from James's Island by marshes traversed by Folly River, a narono River, to make a demonstration against James's Island, while Colonel Higginson, with some negro these he sent to co-operate with troops on James's Island in an attempt to surprise and capture Terre movement had been a feint, withdrew from James's Island, according to arrangement, to join in the enemy, about two thousand in number, from James's Island. He suppressed the fact that Hagood was rrt Sumter, Battery Gregg, and batteries on James's Island. Fort Wagner could be easily re-enforced fnfederates had constructed a heavy work on James's Island, which they named Battery Simkins. This, t at short range, and enfilading ones from James's Island, not only made a farther advance almost im, until Battery Simkins and its fellows on James's Island could annoy them no more, without danger o[1 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 17: Sherman's March through the Carolinas.--the capture of Fort Fisher. (search)
t Sherman's march on Columbia, was only a feint, and that Charleston was his.chief objective. With this impression, Hardee had concentrated the troops under his command in and around that city. To cherish that belief, General Gillmore, then in command on the coast in that vicinity, had caused feints to be made in the direction of Charleston. One of these was composed of a considerable body of troops, under General Schimmelfennig, who, on the 10th of February, 1865. made a lodgment on James's Island, within three miles of Charleston. At the same time, gun-boats and a mortar schooner moved up the Stono River and flanked the troops. An attack was made upon the Confederate works on the island, and their rifle-pits were carried, with a loss to the Nationals of about eighty men. Co-operative movements were made at the same time, by General Hatch, who led a column across the Combahee toward the South Edisto River, while General Potter, with another column from Bull's Bay, northward of C
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Index. (search)
ond, 2.399; forms a junction with Lee at Richmond, 2.414; movements of against Pope, 2.448; captures Harper's Ferry, 2.472; his flank movement at Chancellorsville, 3.27; death of, 3.31. Jacksonville, abandoned by the Confederates, 2.321. James Island, defeat of Gen. Benham at, 3.187; Gen. Terry's movement against, 3.201; battle on, 3.203. James River, crossed by the Army of the Potomac under Grant, 3.333. Jefferson City, proceedings of the loyal convention at, 2.55; threatened by Priew Johnson appointed military governor of 2.285; Thomas's campaign in against Hood, 3.416-3.429. Tennessee Iron Works, destruction of, 2.232. Tennessee, ram, capture of in Mobile harbor, 3.442. Terry, Gen. A. H., his movement against James's Island, 3.201; his Fort Fisher expedition, 3.485. Te<*>as, secession obstructed in by Gov. Houston, 1.62; respect for the Union in, 1.186; intrigues of the Knights of the Golden Circle in, 1.187; secession convention in, 1.188; surrender by Gen.