A city in South Carolina that, during the Civil War, was the site of the capture by Confederates of Fort Sumter in April 1861, and the site of the Union blockade from 1863 to 1865. On September 7-8, 1863, Federal advances forced Confederate troops to evacuate Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, but further Federal attacks were repulsed. The city held out until February 1865 and was finally evacuated when Gen. William T. Sherman's advanced northward from Savannah after his March to the Sea.
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