Battles in South Carolina in 1862

1862

JANUARY - 1862

Jan. 1 Action, Port Royal Ferry
Jan. 1 Action, Coosaw River
Jan. 20 Affair, Charleston Harbor. Second stone fleet sunk at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Jan. 22-25 Expedition to Edisto Island

FEBRUARY - 1862

Feb. 6 Reconnaissance to Wright River, S.C.
Feb. 10 Skirmish, Barnwell Island
Feb. 11 Occupation of Edisto Island
Feb. 23-26 Reconnoissance up Bull River and Schooner Channel
Feb. 25-March 5 Expedition from Hilton Head
Feb. 28 Florida expedition sails from Warsaw Sound.

MARCH - 1862

March. 3 General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, called to Richmond, Va.
March 4 Maj. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army,, assumes command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida.
March --. Affair, Hunting Island
March 7-11 Expedition to Elba Island
March 7-11 Reconnoissance up Savannah River
March 13 Affair, Mattis Plantation
March 15 The States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida constituted the Department of the South, to be commanded by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U.S. Army.
March 19-24 Expedition to May River
March 20-24 Operations near Bluffton, S.C., including affairs at Buckingham and Hunting Island. March 29 Action, Edisto Island

APRIL - 1862

April 5 Occupation of Edisto Island
April 14 Reconnoissance on Seabrook Island
April 19 Skirmish, Edisto Island
April 27 Affair, Murray's Inlet
April 29 Engagement, Pineberry Battery
April 29 White Point/engagement
April 29 Willstown/engagement

MAY - 1862

May 4 Affair, Murray's Inlet
May 13 Planter, Steamer/abduction
May 20 Bombardment, Cole's Island
May 21 Battery Island/affair near
May 22 Expedition to Johns Island
May 25 Affair, Dixon's Island
May 25 Affair, James Island
May 29 Skirmish, Pocotaligo

JUNE - 1862

June 1-28 Operations, James Island
June 3-4 Skirmishes, James Island
June 3 Skirmish, James Island
June 3 Skirmish, Legare's Point
June 7 Skirmish, Johns Island
June 7 Skirmish, Camp Stevens
June 8 Skirmish, James Island
June 8-9 Affair, Johns Island
June 10 Skirmish, James Island
June 12 Reconnoissance, Hutchinson's Island
June 13 Affair near Hilton Head
June 16 Engagement, James Island
June 16 Engagement, Secessionville
June 21 Engagement, Simmons' Bluff
June 28-July 7 Evacuation of James Island

JULY - 1862

July 9 Expedition to Fenwick Island
July 10 Attack on Morris Island
July 10-Sept. 7 Operations on Morris Island
July 19 Action, Morris Island
July 25 Action, Morris Island

AUGUST - 1862

Aug. 13 Engagement, Black River
Aug. 21 Action, Pinckney Island

SEPTEMBER - 1862

Sept. 1 Action, Morris Island
Sept. 10 Skirmish, Kilkenny River
Sept. 24 Affair, Skull Creek
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 Reconnoissance to May River
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Reconnoissance on Savannah River

OCTOBER - 1862

Oct. 18 Affair, Kirk's Bluff
Oct. 21-23 Expedition to Pocotaligo
Oct. 21 Action, Pocotaligo Bridge
Oct. 22 Engagement near Pocotaligo
Oct. 22 Engagement, Caston's Plantation
Oct. 22 Engagement, Frampton's Plantation
Oct. 22 Action, Coosawhatchie
Oct, 24 Affair, St. Helena Island

NOVEMBER - 1862

Nov. 3-10 Expedition from Beaufort
Nov. 3-10 Expedition to East Florida Coast
Nov. 13-18 Expedition from Beaufort