Defending South Carolina's coast
Subtitle: the Civil War from Georgetown to Little River
By: Rick Simmons.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596297807
Subjects: South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The North Island, South Island, Cat Island forts; title: "I deemed it prudent to surrender rather than have the men all shot down" : Fort Randall and operations at Little River; title: The plantation war : rice, salt, and contrabands; title: "He was hung immediately after capture": the assault on Murrells Inlet; title: Blockaders and blockade runners; title: "Well-constructed, and very formidable" : Battery White, Fort Wool, and Frazier's Point; title: "A vessel of war of some magnitude" : the Confederate gunboat C.S.S. Pee Dee; title: The eventful final days of the U.S.S. Harvest Moon; title: Appendix. timeline of Civil War related events from Georgetown to Little River.