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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...
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  • Brother against brother (category Historiography of the American Civil War)
    Alexander Sandy Campbell fought each other on opposite sides of the Battle of Secessionville, which was the first major attempt by federal troops to regain...
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    79th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
    Battle of Secessionville Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Chantilly Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Siege of Vicksburg...
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    overland on James Island (the Battle of Secessionville, June 1862), then by naval assault against Fort Sumter (the First Battle of Charleston Harbor, April...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    States Rights Gist (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    May 1862 and May 1863. Gist was third in command of Confederate forces at the Battle of Secessionville in June 1862, commanded troops sent to oppose a...
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  • during the four days of race riots that followed the 13 July.) Battle of Secessionville (1862), a.k.a. Battle of James Island Battle of Grimball's Causeway...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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  • Civil War Battle of James Island (1862), a.k.a. Battle of Secessionville Battle of Grimball's Landing Ripley, Warren, Siege Train: The Journal of a Confederate...
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    3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Rhode Island)
    Heavy Artillery received the following battle honors for its service during the war: Fort Pulaski, Secessionville, Pocotoligo, Laurel Hill, Fort Sumter...
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    Boone Hall (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina)
    Boone Hall at South Carolina Plantations Annual Re-enactment of The Battle of Secessionville held at Boone Hall Plantation Historic American Buildings Survey...
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    Nathan George Evans (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    First Military District which included the village of Secessionville, just two days before the battle there, but played little part in it. He also commanded...
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    Charles Francis Adams Jr. (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    Volunteers, "for distinguished gallantry and efficiency at the battles of Secessionville, South Carolina and South Mountain and Antietam, Maryland, and for meritorious...
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    and the son of Denmark Vesey. Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Port Royal Battle of Secessionville Battle of Simmon's Bluff First Battle of Charleston Harbor...
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    Edisto Island (category Islands of Colleton County, South Carolina)
    Charleston. In June, most of the Union troops left the island in a campaign, which culminated in the Battle of Secessionville. In July, the remaining troops...
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    general and civil engineer, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Secessionville Henry "Harry" Chauvel, senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force...
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    in Secessionville. The district includes the summer homes of several leading James Island planters, the site of the American Civil War Battle of Secessionville...
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  • of Shearith Israel in Charleston, South Carolina. He served as rabbi there until 1862. When Charleston was attacked in the Battle of Secessionville during...
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    severely weakening the British under command of Cornwallis. In the American Civil War, the Battle of Secessionville was fought on James Island. Long settled...
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    John Lyman Chatfield (category People of Connecticut in the American Civil War)
    on October 30, 1862. Brannan gave command of the First Brigade, which was heavily engaged in the Battle of Pocotaligo on October 22, 1862, to Colonel...
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    James Island (South Carolina) (category Islands of South Carolina)
    island, including the battles of Secessionville (1862), Grimball's Landing (1863) and Grimball's Causeway (1865). All of these battles were alternately known...
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    Isaac Stevens (category Governors of Washington Territory)
    Brigade of the Expeditionary Forces sent to attack the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina. He led a division at the Battle of Secessionville, where...
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    100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    Charleston in June 1862, and lost very heavily in the engagement of June 16, near Secessionville. Returning to Hilton Head and Beaufort in July, it was ordered...
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    7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Connecticut)
    (subsequently corrected to Leslie), was wounded at the June 16, 1862 Battle of Secessionville, James Island, South Carolina, and was subsequently medically discharged...
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    45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Pennsylvania)
    Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1865. The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part: Battle of Secessionville Battle of South Mountain...
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    76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    1862. Operations on James Island, S.C., June 1–28. Battle of Secessionville, June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July...
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    1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts)
    S.C., June 1–28. Action James Island June 8. Battle of Secessionville June 16 (Company H). Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June...
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  • 6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    capture of Fort Pulaski April 10–11. Operations on James Island June 1–28. Grimball's Plantation June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James...
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  • Henry E. Noyes (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
    first lieutenant, 2nd Cavalry on February 15, 1862, and was in the Battle of Secessionville on James Island, South Carolina on June 16, 1862, and at Hilton...
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  • Inglis Light Artillery (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from South Carolina)
    the command of Brigadier General Nathan George Evans. During the Battle of Secessionville, it was present but the terrain kept it to limited use. Afterwards...
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