| Battle of Grimball's Landing | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alfred Terry George Balch | Johnson Hagood | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Division, X Corps Stono River Flotilla | 1st Military District, South Carolina | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,800 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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30 killed, 14 prisoners[1] |
3 killed, 12 wounded, 3 missing[1] | ||||||
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The Battle of Grimball's Landing took place in James Island, South Carolina, on July 16, 1863, during the American Civil War. It was a part of the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston.
Battle[]
To divert Confederate reinforcements from a renewed attack on nearby Fort Wagner, Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore designed two feints. An amphibious force ascended Stono River to threaten the Charleston & Savannah Railroad bridge. A second force, consisting of Alfred Terry's division, landed on James Island on July 8. Soon, Terry demonstrated against the Confederate defenses, but did not launch a major attack. On July 16, the Confederates attacked Terry's camp at Grimball's Landing. Because of incomplete reconnaissance of the difficult, marshy ground, the disorganized Confederate attack was soon aborted. Their mission accomplished, Federal troops withdrew from the island on July 17.
See also[]
- Siege of Charleston Harbor Union order of battle
- Siege of Charleston Harbor Confederate order of battle
- Battle of Secessionville (1862), a.k.a. Battle of James Island
- Battle of Grimball's Causeway (1865)
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Capers, Ellison (1899). Confederate Military History. Volume 5. Confederate Publishing Company. p. 234.
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the National Park Service document "Grimball's Landing".
Further reading[]
- Burton, E. Milby. The Siege of Charleston 1861–1865. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1970. ISBN 0-87249-345-8.
- Kennedy, Frances H., ed. The Civil War Battlefield Guide. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998. ISBN 0-395-74012-6.
- Reed, Rowena. Combined Operations in the Civil War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. ISBN 0-87021-122-6.
- Wise, Stephen R. Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. ISBN 0-87249-985-5.
Coordinates: 32°41′53″N 79°58′59″W / 32.698°N 79.983°W
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