"The firing was terrific, and the old 50th was gallantly through the yards and fields of Charleston under a galling fire of grape shot and musket balls," an anonymous officer in the regiment reported." The Battle of Charleston was an engagement on September 13, 1862, near Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia) during the American Civil War.
The British hardly met any resistance on their way that they pushed on to Charleston. Once the British closed in on the Charleston defenses, they demanded the surrender of the town.
Tawse ordered his troops to charge Pulaski's Legion. That night, Prevost learned that Lincoln was returning with his force from Augusta. The British rode into the ambush site, attacked the Patriots, and drove them into the woods. It should not be confused with the Battle of Charleston (1861), which occurred a year earlier in Missouri.
He camped that night 15 miles from Charleston." If you have a Civil War relic or a collection of Civil War relics that you would like to sell, then please contact me; I am always interested in buying new items. Prevost withdrew his forces to James Island and then to Johns Island. The pursuit continued all day on September 11, with the Federals splitting their forces near Gauley's Bridge on both sides of the Kanawha River, the CSA doing the same while in hot pursuit.
As Continental commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln was undertaking his counteroffensive against the British and heading towards Augusta, Georgia, Brigadier General Augustin Prevost knew that the best way to stop Lincoln's advance was by the indirect strategy of threatening the city of Charleston. During the summer of 1862, General William W. Loring’s Department of Southwestern Virginia (Confederate States of America) made some plans to move into the Kanawha Valley of western Virginia and take the city of Charleston. Pulaski rode back to the ambush site, but the Patriots were not in position. The 36th Virginia was in reserve.
On May 12, at 3:00 AM, Prevost recieved the new message and he refused it. Making contact with Union skirmishers near the Elk River, McCausland deployed his brigade about 3 p.m., with the 23rd Virginia Battalion in front as skirmishers and the 22nd, 50th, and 63rd Virginia (left to right) deployed on line behind Casualties - American casualties were estimated to be 13+ killed. During the summer of 1862, General William W. Loring’s Department of Southwestern Virginia (Confederate States of America) made some plans to move into the Kanawha Valley of western Virginia and take the city of Charleston. "
In the end, darkness halted the fight for the brigade about 7:30 p.m. McCausland moved his troops to eat and rest as the Union garrison began a retreat out of the town. McCausland crossed the Kanawha at Montgomery's Ferry and, with Salyer's cavalry leading, began his pursuit.
Because of this, Moultrie was asked to renew Prevost's original surrender offer. McCausland crossed the Kanawha at Montgomery's Ferry and, with Salyer's cavalry leading, began his pursuit. the Siege of Charleston Harbor, Siege of Fort Wagner, or Battle of Morris Island) took place during the American Civil War in the late summer of 1863 between a combined Union Army/Navy force and the Confederate defenses of Charleston, South Carolina. British casualties before Charleston numbered 76 killed and 182 wounded. Battle: Siege of Charleston.