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JANUARY -
1862
Jan. 1 Action, Port Royal
Ferry
Jan. 1 Action, Coosaw
River
Jan. 20 Affair, Charleston Harbor. Second stone fleet sunk at the entrance to
Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Jan. 22-25 Expedition to Edisto
Island
FEBRUARY -
1862
Feb. 6 Reconnaissance to Wright River,
S.C.
Feb. 10 Skirmish, Barnwell
Island
Feb. 11 Occupation of Edisto
Island
Feb. 23-26 Reconnoissance up Bull River and Schooner
Channel
Feb. 25-March 5 Expedition from Hilton
Head
Feb. 28 Florida expedition sails from Warsaw
Sound.
MARCH -
1862
March. 3 General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, called to Richmond,
Va.
March 4 Maj. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army,, assumes command of the
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and East
Florida.
March --. Affair, Hunting
Island
March 7-11 Expedition to Elba
Island
March 7-11 Reconnoissance up Savannah
River
March 13 Affair, Mattis
Plantation
March 15 The States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida constituted the
Department of the South, to be commanded by Maj.
Gen.
David Hunter, U.S.
Army.
March 19-24 Expedition to May
River
March 20-24 Operations near Bluffton, S.C., including affairs at Buckingham and
Hunting Island. March 29 Action, Edisto
Island
APRIL -
1862
April 5 Occupation of Edisto
Island
April 14 Reconnoissance on Seabrook
Island
April 19 Skirmish, Edisto
Island
April 27 Affair, Murray's
Inlet
April 29 Engagement, Pineberry
Battery
April 29 White
Point/engagement
April 29
Willstown/engagement
MAY -
1862
May 4 Affair, Murray's
Inlet
May 13 Planter,
Steamer/abduction
May 20 Bombardment, Cole's
Island
May 21 Battery Island/affair
near
May 22 Expedition to Johns
Island
May 25 Affair, Dixon's
Island
May 25 Affair, James
Island
May 29 Skirmish,
Pocotaligo
JUNE -
1862
June 1-28 Operations, James
Island
June 3-4 Skirmishes, James
Island
June 3 Skirmish, James
Island
June 3 Skirmish, Legare's
Point
June 7 Skirmish, Johns
Island
June 7 Skirmish, Camp
Stevens
June 8 Skirmish, James
Island
June 8-9 Affair, Johns
Island
June 10 Skirmish, James
Island
June 12 Reconnoissance, Hutchinson's
Island
June 13 Affair near Hilton
Head
June 16 Engagement, James
Island
June 16 Engagement,
Secessionville
June 21 Engagement, Simmons'
Bluff
June 28-July 7 Evacuation of James
Island
JULY -
1862
July 9 Expedition to Fenwick
Island
July 10 Attack on Morris
Island
July 10-Sept. 7 Operations on Morris
Island
July 19 Action, Morris
Island
July 25 Action, Morris
Island
AUGUST -
1862
Aug. 13 Engagement, Black
River
Aug. 21 Action, Pinckney
Island
SEPTEMBER -
1862
Sept. 1 Action, Morris
Island
Sept. 10 Skirmish, Kilkenny
River
Sept. 24 Affair, Skull
Creek
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 Reconnoissance to May
River
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Reconnoissance on Savannah
River
OCTOBER -
1862
Oct. 18 Affair, Kirk's
Bluff
Oct. 21-23 Expedition to
Pocotaligo
Oct. 21 Action, Pocotaligo
Bridge
Oct. 22 Engagement near
Pocotaligo
Oct. 22 Engagement, Caston's
Plantation
Oct. 22 Engagement, Frampton's
Plantation
Oct. 22 Action,
Coosawhatchie
Oct, 24 Affair, St. Helena
Island
NOVEMBER -
1862
Nov. 3-10 Expedition from
Beaufort
Nov. 3-10 Expedition to East Florida
Coast
Nov. 13-18 Expedition from Beaufort
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