What Happened in Aug 1863

Second Battle of Charleston Harbor

Description: During the night of September 6-7, Confederate forces evacuated Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg pressured by advancing Federal... Read more

Second Battle of Fort Sumter - Federals Launch Massive Bombardment and Naval Attack on Fort Sumter

Description: Federal batteries erected on Morris Island opened fire on August 17 and continued their bombardment of Fort Sumter and the Charleston... Read more

Quantrill's Raiders Pillage the City at the Lawrence Massacre

Description: In a supposed retaliation for a Union raid on Osceola, Missouri, Lt. Col. William C. Quantrill led a force of about 300 to 400... Read more

Second Battle of Chattanooga

Description: On August 16, 1863, Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland, launched a campaign to take Chattanooga.... Read more