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The Kanawha River Valley portion of Virginia, including Charleston (county seat of Kanawha County), became part of the Union state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. [6] On August 14, 1862, Cox began moving his Kanawha Division to Washington as reinforcement for Major General John Pope's Army of Virginia. [7]
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.
The district includes the summer homes of several leading James Island planters, the site of the American Civil War Battle of Secessionville, the unmarked grave of over 300 Union soldiers, and the remains of Fort Lamar, constructed about 1862. The houses include one Victorian and two antebellum Greek Revival residences. [2] [3]
The official number of Union soldiers from West Virginia is 31,884 as stated by the Provost Marshal General of the United States. [68] These numbers include, however, re-enlistment figures [69] as well as out-of-state soldiers who enlisted in West Virginia regiments. In 1905 Charles H. Ambler estimated the number of native Union soldiers to be ...
Charleston, South Carolina, played a pivotal role at the start of the American Civil War as a stronghold of secession and an important Atlantic port for the Confederate States of America. The first shots of the conflict were fired there by cadets of The Citadel , who aimed to prevent a ship from resupplying the U.S. Army soldiers garrisoned at ...
Union forces conducted major operations in 1862 and 1863 to capture Charleston, first overland on James Island (the Battle of Secessionville, June 1862), then by naval assault against Fort Sumter (the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, April 1863), then by seizing the Confederate artillery positions on Morris Island (beginning with the Second ...
Heritage railroad and museum being planned West Virginia State Capitol: Charleston: Kanawha: Metro Valley: History: West Virginia State Cultural Center: Charleston: Kanawha: Metro Valley: Multiple: website, includes West Virginia's artistic, cultural and historic heritage West Virginia State Farm Museum: Point Pleasant: Mason: Metro Valley: Farm
The Siege of Charleston (29 March - 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War; The Battle of Charleston (1861) (19 August 1861), a battle in Missouri during the American Civil War also known as the Battle of Bird's Point; The Battle of Charleston (1862) (13 September 1862), a battle in Virginia (now West Virginia) during the American ...