Second Battle of Fort Sumter

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Lower Seaboard Theater

Fort Sumter - Santa Rosa Island - Fort Pulaski - Forts Jackson and St. Philip – New Orleans – Secessionville – Simmon's Bluff – Tampa – Baton Rouge – 1st Donaldsonville - St. John's Bluff - Georgia Landing - 1st Fort McAllister - Fort Bisland – Irish Bend – Vermillion Bayou - 1st Charleston Harbor – 1st Fort Wagner – Grimball's Landing – 2nd Fort Wagner – 2nd Fort Sumter – 2nd Charleston Harbor - Plains Store – Port Hudson - LaFourche Crossing – 2nd Donaldsonville – Kock's Plantation – Stirling's Plantation - Fort Brooke - Gainesville - Olustee - Natural Bridge

The Second Battle of Fort Sumter was fought from August 17 to September 9, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces. The Union forces were attempting to retake the fort after losing it in the first battle of the war. They bombarded the fort, but the defenders repaired the fort and then repelled a naval attack. commanders:barnard bee,robert anderson|joseph johnston,oliver buckner