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(Timeline 1861)

JANUARY - 1861
               Jan. 2 Seizure, Fort Johnson
               Jan. 5 Expedition to Fort Sumter
                    The Southern Confederacy
                    Secret Movement of United States Troops
               Jan. 9 Firing on Star of the West
                    First Casualty of the War
                    New York Herald Reports The Events in Charleston
                    Charleston Mercury Account of the 9th and 10th of January
                    New York Herald - How the North Perceived It.
                    Charleston Mercury - A View from Washington
                    Charleston Mercury - New York Commentary on the Situation
               Jan. 11 Military Arrivals and Movements
               Jan. 11 Surrender of Fort Sumter Demanded
          MARCH - 1861
               March 1 Charleston/government of Confederate States assumes control of military affairs
               March 3 Charleston/assumption of command by Brig. Gen. G. T. Beauregard
          APRIL - 1861
               April 3 Rhoda H. Shannon, Schooner/firing on
               April 10 Expedition to Fort Sumter
               April 11 Surrender of Fort Sumter Demanded
               April 12-14 Bombardment of Fort Sumter and evacuation by Federal Troops
          AUGUST - 1861
               August 21 Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of South Carolina.(*)
               Brig. Gen. John B. Grayson, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Middle and East Florida.
          OCTOBER - 1861
               Oct. 21-Nov. 7 Expedition under command of Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, U.S. Army, sails from Annapolis, MD to Port Royal
               October 29 -- The Sherman expedition sails from Hampton Roads, Va.
          NOVEMBER - 1861
               Nov.5, 1861. -- The coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida, constituted a department, under command of General Robert E.
               Lee, C. S. Army.
               Nov. 7 Bombardment Forts Walker and Beauregard
               Nov. 7 Engagement, Port Royal Harbor
               Nov. 7-8 Beaufort/occurrences
               Nov. 8, 1861. -- General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida.
               Nov. 8 Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island
               Nov. 10-11 Expedition from Hilton Head to Braddock's Point
               Nov. 16 -- Capt. D. N. Ingraham, C. S. Navy, assigned to duty in. Charleston Harbor, S. C.
          DECEMBER - 1861
               Dec. 6- 7 Expedition to Port Royal Ferry and Beaufort, S. C.
               Dec. 6 Occupation of Beaufort
               Dec. 17 Skirmish, Chisholm Island
               Dec. 17 Evacuation of Rockville, S. C., by the Confederate forces.
               Dec. 20 Stone fleet sunk at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, S.C.

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