Secessionville_BL3

By: Zachary Ian
> The Confederates Shot into the center of the Union forces with grapeshot, iron chains, nails, and broken glass. They moved into action and started firing volleys as the Union came onto the line. The Union was getting up the face of the fort but the reinforcements laid heavy fire to Union forces from three sides. Union troops were called to fall back to regroup after heavy casualties. There were two more unsuccessful attacks before a general withdraw was ordered. >  > > > 
 * 1) The name of the battle was Secessionville.
 * 2) The Battle of Secessionville took place on June 16, 1862.
 * 3) The Battle of Secessionville took place in the city of Charleston.
 * 4) The officer in charge on the Union side was Brigadier General Henry Benham, the Confederate officer was Brigadier General Nathan Evans.
 * 5) There were a total of 8,600 engaged forces in this battle. Out of all the soldiers there five brigades totaling 6,600 Union soldiers, and three regiments of infantry totaling to 2,000 Confederate soldiers.
 * 6)  Major General David Hunter gave command of the brigades to Brigadier General Henry Benham and ordered him not to attempt an advance unless he was largely reinforced or given specific instructions. He made plans for an early morning surprise assault on the fort. He planned to have two waves of attack, but hedges, weeds, cotton fields, and marsh slowed the advance so much that the second wave ran into the first wave. Colonel Lamar had his men fixing up the forts defenses throughout June 15 until four a.m. June 16. By 5 a.m. the advance pickets were overrun and Colonel Lamar immediately sent for Brigadier General Benham's men.
 * 1)   The most major move in this battle that helped win was the dispatch for General Evans' men and the firing of grapeshot, nails, iron chains, and broken glass at the union.
 * 2) The battle of Secessionville was a victory to the Confederacy after Henry Benham and his men made an unsuccessful frontal assault on Fort Lamar at Secessionville.
 * 3) During the battle of Secessionville there were a total of 889 casualties, of these casualties 685 were Union soldiers, 204 were Confederate soldiers.
 * 4) The impact the battle of Secessionville had on the Civil War was the proof to the Union that the Confederacy was more powerful than thought to be and that they wouldn't give up without a fight.
 * 5) [[image:http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/military/wbts/evans_nathan.jpg width="251" height="258" align="left" caption="Brigadier General Nathan Evans from sciway3.net" link="http://http//sciway3.net/proctor/marion/military/wbts/bio_evans.html"]]

Sources: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/sc002.htm http://www.awod.com/cwchas/lamar.html