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Second Battle of Charleston Harbor (view source)
Revision as of 20:32, December 15, 2010
, 20:32, December 15, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Second Battle of Charleston Harbor |image= |begin=September 7, 1863 |end=September 8, 1863 |place=Charleston County, South Carolina |theater=Lower Seaboard Thea..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
|image=
|begin=September 7, 1863
|end=September 8, 1863
|place=Charleston County, South Carolina
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Operations against Defenses of Charleston
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Quincy Gillmore]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[P.G.T. Beauregard]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=413
|strength2=
|casualties1='''117'''
|casualties2=Unknown
}}
During 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. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Defenses of Charleston}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
|image=
|begin=September 7, 1863
|end=September 8, 1863
|place=Charleston County, South Carolina
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Operations against Defenses of Charleston
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Quincy Gillmore]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[P.G.T. Beauregard]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=413
|strength2=
|casualties1='''117'''
|casualties2=Unknown
}}
During 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. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Defenses of Charleston}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]