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  2. Siege of Charleston - Wikipedia

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    Charleston map showing the distribution of British forces during the siege Siege of Charleston map 1780 A sketch of the operations before Charlestown, the capital of South Carolina 1780 Siege. Cutting the city off from relief, Clinton began a siege on 1 April, 800 yards from the American fortifications located at today's Marion Square.

  3. First Battle of Charleston Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The First Battle of Charleston Harbor was an engagement near Charleston, South Carolina that took place April 7, 1863, during the American Civil War. The striking force was a fleet of nine ironclad warships of the Union Navy , including seven monitors that were improved versions of the original USS Monitor .

  4. Second Battle of Charleston Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The second battle of Charleston Harbor, also known as the siege of Charleston Harbor, the siege of Fort Wagner, or the battle of Morris Island, took place during the American Civil War in the late summer of 1863 between a combined U.S. Army/Navy force and the Confederate defenses of Charleston, South Carolina.

  5. History of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s.

  6. Charleston in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy Union blockade many Confederate-controlled port cities. Charleston became an haven for Confederate blockade runners despite repeated U.S. efforts to retake Charleston and control those supplying Confederate interests, including a Stone Fleet of sunken ships. Nevertheless, Confederates resisted U.S. naval forces for most of the war ...

  7. Battle of Charleston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Fort Wagner - Wikipedia

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    Fort Sumter National Monument marker of the Map of Charleston Harbor defenses. Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor.

  9. Morris Island - Wikipedia

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    Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km 2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The island is part of the cities of Charleston and Folly Beach, in Charleston County.