Lower Seaboard Theatre
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Encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern United States: in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as southern part of the Mississippi River.
Chronology
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January 1864: Fort Myers, a strategic location during the Seminole Indian Wars, was abandoned until Union soldiers, led by General John Newton, reoccupied it in December 1863 during the Civil War. This move was part of the Union's efforts to establish control over key points in Florida.
October 1862: Battle of Georgia Landing. Confederate forces fled to Labadieville.
September 1864: Battle of Marianna. Union cavalry raid into Florida panhandle.
October 1861: Santa Rosa Island (Florida) is occupied by the union.
November 1861: Confederate troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Santa Rosa Island. Union forces repel Confederate attempt to capture island.
April 1862: Battle of Fort Pulaski. Union blockade closes Savannah, Georgia. Parrott rifle makes masonry forts obsolete.
April 1862: Two days before the city surrendered in April 1862, Moore and the legislature abandoned Baton Rouge as the state capital, relocating to Opelousas in May.
April 1865: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Natural Bridge.
June 1864: Camp Milton was a Confederate stronghold during the American Civil War. It was captured by Union forces on June 2, 1864.
April 1862: 28 gunboats commanded by Union Commodore Samuel Dupont occupied Fort Clinch at Fernandina Beach.
March 1862: The Union captured St. Augustine.
March 1865: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Natural Bridge. Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee.
March 1865: Battle of Fort Myers: Even though the attack had been repelled, Fort Myers was abandoned by its garrison in early March. Southernmost land battle in Florida of the war.
November 1861: Battle of Port Royal. Union fleet under S. F. Du Pont capture Confederate forts at Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Was a military campaign of the Union culminationg in the capture of New Orleans, the major port of the Confederates, during the American Civil War.
May 1862: Union forces under General Butler occupy New Orleans, Louisiana.
April 1862: Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Decisive battle for possession of New Orleans. Union victory.
Were a series of military operations in western Louisiana during the American Civil War.
April 1863: Taylor retreated from the Teche region, and Banks was able to capture the Confederate fort at Butte a la Rose and Alexandria.
April 1863: Battle of Fort Bisland. Confederate forces retreat from Fort Bisland.
April 1863: Battle of Irish Bend. Confederate Richard Taylor retreats from Fort Bisland.
April 1863: Battle of Vermillion Bayou. Confederate Richard Taylor, being vastly outnumbered, retreats after an artillery skirmish.
Was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War.
May 1863: Battle of Plains Store. Union victory.
Was a military invasion of Florida by the Union during the American Civil War.
February 1864: In 1864, during the American Civil War, Union forces led by General Truman Seymour were defeated by Confederate troops commanded by General Joseph Finegan in Jacksonville, Florida. The Union forces were forced to retreat back to their fortifications in the city.
February 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Olustee. Confederate victory.
March 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Olustee.
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.437
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.456
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.465
List of American Civil War battles. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
