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The Battle of Secessionville (or the First Battle of James Island) was fought on June 16, 1862, during the American Civil War. Confederate forces defeated the Union's only attempt to capture Charleston, South Carolina , by land.
Secessionville Historic District is a national historic district located near Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina. It extends into the city of Charleston, South Carolina . The district encompasses six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing site in Secessionville.
The 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment was a Confederate infantry regiment in the American Civil War from the state of South Carolina. The regiment was organized in January 1862 and fought that year at Secessionville, 1st Rappahannock Station, 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and Kinston. In 1863, it fought at Jackson and Charleston ...
In June 1862, the Battle of Secessionville, on modern-day James Island, South Carolina, was the only U.S. Army effort to retake control of Charleston by land during the war. Confederate forces defeated the effort by U.S. Brigadier General Henry Washington Benham
Evans was promoted to brigadier general to be effective from the day of the battle. He was then sent to assist in defending the coastal areas just south of Charleston. He was placed in command of the First Military District which included the village of Secessionville, just two days before the battle there, but played
The Battle of James Island was a minor engagement on November 14, 1782, just outside Charleston, South Carolina, between American and British forces.British troops were on the move attempting to evacuate most of the Americans. [1]
The regiment was formed in March 1862, and initially assigned to defensive duty in South Carolina. It was engaged at the Battle of Secessionville near Charleston before being sent northward for duty in Virginia. Upon reaching Virginia in July 1862, the 51st Georgia was assigned to Drayton's Brigade within the Army of Northern Virginia.
First posted to Sullivan's Island, SC to defend Charleston Harbor, the 24th first fought at Secessionville. At the Battle of Secessionville, the 24th, under the command of General Johnson Hagood along with the Eutaw Battalion fought Yankee regiments like the famous 1st New York Engineer Regiment and Battery B, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery ...