Today Sherman‘s force cross the Edisto River and into Orangeburg, a small contingent of Confederate defenders fleeing the city at the last minute. For Sherman, Orangeburg is but a stop along the way to Columbia, the state capital. The small community of Pelion is situated between the two cities. Tonight Pelion’s citizens are warned that…
While quietness masks Union maneuvering among the islands near Charleston this day, an unwelcome surprise awaits Union forces marching into Aiken. The opposition thus far to Sherman‘s advances in the state has been ineffective. Confederate General Joseph Wheeler, however, hopes to reverse the course of the war that has gone so badly awry for the…
Union troops under the command of Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, making their way up the South Carolina coast, today reach James Island near Charleston. In what becomes known as the Battle of James Island or the Battle of Grimball’s Causeway, the Union thus takes the offensive against Charleston for the first time since September 1863.…