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CHAPTER XLVII.

OPERATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA, AND ON THE GEORGIA COAST.

January 1-November 13, 1864.

PART I.*

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.+

Jan. 1-Nov. 13, 1864-Operation in Charleston Harbor and vicinity, S. C.

7, 1864.-Affair on Waccamaw Neck, S. C.

25, 1864-Affair at Bayou Grand, Fla.

Feb. 5-22, 1864.-The Florida Expedition.

9, 1864.-Skirmish near Point Washington, Fla.

9-10, 1864.-Expedition from Fernandina up Nassau River, Fla.

10, 1864.-Capture of Camp Cooper, Fla.

13-14, 1864. Skirmishes at Pease Creek, Fla.

15-23, 1864.-Expedition from Fernandina to Woodstock and King's Ferry Mills, Fla.

20, 1864.-Skirmish at Pease Creek, Fla.

22, 1864.-Skirmish at Whitemarsh Island, Ga.

March 1, 1864.-Skirmishes at Cedar and McGirt's Creeks, Fla.

4-May 14, 1864.-Operations in Florida.

13, 1864.-Capture of C. S. steamer Sumter in Lake George, Fla.

16, 1864.-Skirmish near Palatka, Fla.

25, 1864.-Affair at McClellansville, S. C.

31, 1864.-Skirmish at Palatka, Fla.

Affair at Spring Island, S. C.

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*Embraces the Union and Confederate reports from January 1 to November 13, 1864, and the Union and Confederate Correspondence, &c., from January 1 to February 29, 1864.

+Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this Summary no circumstantial reports are on file. All such are designated in the Index.

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