In Beaufort, South Carolina, citizens and soldiers wait anxiously for federal warships off the coast. “No Fleet yet, off Port Royal,” reports Thomas R S Elliott to his father. Batteries are being laid out, cannons put in place, a fort on Ladies Island is now finished, and the arrival of Dunnovants Regiment is anticipated. The…
Today the son of a Baptist minister enlists in the Confederate Army, Company K, 1 It Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. In so doing, Lucias Chambers chooses to fight alongside one brother, Lamech, and against another brother, Lemuel, who serves in the Union army. Lucias participates in the Battle of Port Royal on the South Carolina…
Their spirits bolstered by victory at the skirmish known as the Battle of Blackburn’s Ford, Confederate forces, anticipating a clash with U.S. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s 35,000 troops, begin consolidating in preparation. Some troops arrive in the Manassas area by train, the first time in history for troops to be transported by train. Meanwhile, in…