March 1 Charleston/government of Confederate States assumes control of military affairs
March 3 Charleston/assumption of command by Brig. Gen. G. T. Beauregard
APRIL - 1861
April 3 Rhoda H. Shannon, Schooner/firing on
April 10 Expedition to Fort Sumter
April 11 Surrender of Fort Sumter Demanded
April 12-14 Bombardment of Fort Sumter and evacuation by Federal Troops
AUGUST - 1861
August 21 Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of South Carolina.(*)
Brig. Gen. John B. Grayson, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Middle and East Florida.
OCTOBER - 1861
Oct. 21-Nov. 7 Expedition under command of Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, U.S. Army, sails from Annapolis, MD to Port Royal
October 29 -- The Sherman expedition sails from Hampton Roads, Va.
NOVEMBER - 1861
Nov.5, 1861. -- The coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida, constituted a department, under command of General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army.
Nov. 7 Bombardment Forts Walker and Beauregard
Nov. 7 Engagement, Port Royal Harbor
Nov. 7-8 Beaufort/occurrences
Nov. 8, 1861. -- General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida.
Nov. 8 Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island
Nov. 10-11 Expedition from Hilton Head to Braddock's Point
Nov. 16 -- Capt. D. N. Ingraham, C. S. Navy, assigned to duty in. Charleston Harbor, S. C.
DECEMBER - 1861
Dec. 6- 7 Expedition to Port Royal Ferry and Beaufort, S. C.
Dec. 6 Occupation of Beaufort
Dec. 17 Skirmish, Chisholm Island
Dec. 17 Evacuation of Rockville, S. C., by the Confederate forces.
Dec. 20 Stone fleet sunk at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, S.C.
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