Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/37
September 5[edit]
September 6[edit]
September 7[edit]
1863 - Charleston Harbor - After considerable Union siege preparations and a massive prolonged bombardment, Confederate troops relinquish Fort Wagner but hold off an assault on Fort Sumter.
September 8[edit]
1863 - Second Battle of Fort Sumter
1863 - Sabine Pass - Confederate detachment of Texan artillery under Richard W. Dowling repel Union naval flotilla under William B. Franklin, capturing 200 sailors and sinking two Federal gunboats
September 9[edit]
September 10[edit]
1861 - Carnifex Ferry - Troops under William Rosecrans engaged camps of John B. Floyd in Nicholas County, West Virginia; darkness enforced a cease fire
1863 - Bayou Fourche - The Army of Arkansas under Frederick Steele forced Confederates under John S. Marmaduke to retreat, leading to Union occupation of Little Rock, Arkansas
1864 - Davis' Cross Roads - Maneuver by Confederate divisions under Thomas C. Hindman and Patrick Cleburne forced the withdrawal of George H. Thomas's XIV Corps at Dug's Gap, Georgia