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OPERATIONS ON THE COASTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, AND IN MIDDLE AND EAST FLORIDA. June 12-December 31, 1863. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.* June 12, 1863.- Brigadier General Quincy A. Gillmore, U. S. Army, supersedes Major General David Hunter in command of the Department of the South. 17, 1863.-Capture of the C. S. steamer Atlanta (Fingal), in Warsaw Sound, Ga. 18, 1863.-Skirmish on Edisto Island, S. C. 21, 1863.-Affair on Dixon's Island, S. C. July 3, 1863.-Expedition to Ossabaw Island, Ga. 10, 1863.-Engagement at Willstown Bluff, Pon Pon River, S. C. 10-Sept. 7, 1863.-Operations on Morris Island, S. C. 16, 1863.-Engagement near Gimball's Landing, James Island, S. C. 20, 1863.-Bombardment of Legare's Point, James Island, S. C. 30, 1863.-Expedition to Barnwell's Island, S. C. August 4, 1863.-Affair at the mouth of Vincent's Creek, S. C. 17-December 31, 1863.-Bombardment of Fort Sumter, S. C. 19, 1863.-Capture of signal station at Saint John's Mill, Fla. 20-21, 1863.-Attempt to destroy the U. S. steamer New Ironsides, off Charleston Harbor, S. C. 21-December 31, 1863.-Bombardment of Charleston, S. C. 31, 1863.-Sinking of the Confederate transport Sumbter by batteries on Sullivan's Island, S. C. Sept. 7, 1863.-Affair on Battery Island, S. C. 7-8, 1863.-Engagement in Charleston Harbor, S. C. 8-9, 1863.-Boat attack on Fort Sumter, S. C. 13-14, 1863.-Capture of Union telegraph party near Lowndes' Miss, Combahee River, S. C. 15, 1863.-Explosion at Battery Cheves, James Island, S. C. 22, 1863.-Destruction of the Hudson Place Salt-Works, near Darien, Ga. Oct. 5, 1863.-Attempt to blow up the U. S. steamer New Ironsides, off Charleston Harbor, S. C. 16, 1863.-Engagement at Fort Brooke, Fla. 19, 1863.-Affair at Murrell's Inlet, S. C. |



