American Civil War military operations near Charleston

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American Civil War military operations near Charleston comprise the series of Union and Confederate land and naval campaigns, sieges, and battles focused on controlling the strategically vital port city of Charleston, South Carolina.

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instanceOf American Civil War military operations ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
characterizedBy combined land and naval operations ⓘ
heavy fortifications and coastal defenses ⓘ
prolonged siege warfare ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1865 ⓘ
includesEvent Battle of Fort Sumter (1863) ⓘ
Battle of Fort Sumter (April 1861) ⓘ
Battle of Secessionville ⓘ
Confederate defense of Charleston Harbor forts ⓘ
First Battle of Fort Wagner ⓘ
Morris Island campaign ⓘ
Naval attacks on Fort Sumter (1863) ⓘ
Operations against Battery Wagner and Battery Gregg ⓘ
Second Battle of Fort Wagner ⓘ
Siege of Charleston ⓘ
Union naval blockade of Charleston ⓘ
location Battery Gregg ⓘ
Battery Wagner ⓘ
Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston

Fort Beauregard (Charleston Harbor) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Beauregard

Fort Johnson ⓘ
Fort Moultrie ⓘ
Fort Ripley ⓘ
Fort Sumter ⓘ
Fort Sumter National Monument area ⓘ
linked to: Fort Sumter

Fort Wagner ⓘ
James Island, South Carolina ⓘ
Morris Island, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Morris Island
notableCommander Alfred H. Colquitt ⓘ
Dahlgren, John A. ⓘ
linked to: John A. Dahlgren

George C. Strong ⓘ
Israel Vogdes ⓘ
Johnson Hagood ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Quincy A. Gillmore ⓘ
Robert Anderson ⓘ
Roswell S. Ripley ⓘ
Samuel F. Du Pont ⓘ
William B. Taliaferro ⓘ
notableTechnology Parrott rifles ⓘ
heavy coastal artillery ⓘ
ironclad warships ⓘ
naval mines (torpedoes) ⓘ
notableUnit 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida forces ⓘ
Union Navy South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
Union blockade of the Confederate coastline ⓘ
result Union capture of Charleston in February 1865 ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
strategicObjective closure of the port of Charleston to Confederate commerce ⓘ
control of Charleston Harbor ⓘ
defense of Charleston as a major Confederate port ⓘ

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