A ll places are in Mississippi unless otherwise noted. Place names listed here are those in contemporaneous records of the war, but present-day counties are indicated for reference. For a list of Civil War military events in Mississippi by place name, see Location of Military Events in Mississippi . For a bibliography on major military actions in Mississippi during the Civil War, see Bibliography on Mississippi Battles You may scroll through the entire chronology or click on a year or month in the index below to see the list of events for that period.
People have different opinions about when precisely the Civil War began.
However, this assault was made feasible by the o ccupation of the three other Federal forts in Charleston Harbor by Confederate troops on Dec. 27, 1860. Moreover, state troops in the states of the Confederacy took action prior to the attack on Ft. Very little military action occurred in Missis sippi until the spring of 1862. Confederate forces evacuate Ship Island and men from the USS Massachusetts occupy the island. A Federal expedition sails from Hampton, VA, to Ship Island.