Civil War Battles

8-4.5 Compare the military strategies of the North and the South during the Civil War and the fulfillment of these strategies in South Carolina and in the South as a whole, including the attack on Fort Sumter, the Union blockade of Charleston and other ports, the early capture of Port Royal, and the development of the Hunley submarine; the exploits of Robert Smalls, and General Sherman’s march through the state.

SLM – Important Events/Battles EQ: How did the Civil War impact various classes of people in SC? Vocabulary: - Robert Smalls 54th Massachusetts Fort Wagner

Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls 23 year old slave Pilot of a Confederate ship-The Planter Escaped (w/wife and children) to a union ship engaged in the blockade Provided the Union with valuable information about the fortifications around Charleston After the Civil War, Smalls served as an officer in the SC militia and a s a state legislator. He helped draft the constitution of SC and served 5 terms as a Congressman from SC.

Siege of Charleston

Siege of Charleston 7/10/1863 Union forces laid siege to Charleston Attacking from Port Royal and bombarding the city for over a year.

During the Civil War, the waterfront area was heavily shelled by artillery on the barrier islands in Charleston Harbor. Besieged, bombarded and blocked from commerce, Charleston suffered greatly in the war. Sidney Andrews, a Northern reporter in Charleston at war’s end described it as “a city of desolation, of vacant homes, of widowed women, of deserted warehouses, of weed wild gardens ... of miles of grass grown streets.

7/18/1863 Siege Continues… During the siege… 54th Massachusetts unit of African American soldiers led charge on Fort Wagner at the mouth of the Charleston Harbor

African American soldiers Were discriminated against Served under the leadership of white officers Paid less than their white comrades

Assault on Fort Wagner