Union forces were closing in on Fort Wagner and nearby Battery Gregg, defending Charleston, General Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren planned a night boat attack on Cumming's Point and Battery Gregg, using naval boats and New Hampshire infantry.  Two attempts were made on successive nights and although the force reached within fifty yards of Gregg, they were easily driven off.  The Confederates abandoned both positions soon after.  (By John Osborne) 

As the works of Union engineers closed in on Fort Wagner, guarding Charleston Harbor on Morris Island, several attempts were made to clear the advanced Confederate pickets in rifle pits about two hundred yards in front of the fort.  The 24th Massachusetts carried out the final successful assault against the 79 defenders of  the 61st North Carolina, killing or capturing 76 of them. Fort Wagner was evacuated ten days later.  (By John Osborne) 

The retreating Confederate Army burned the 110 foot high trestle bridge over Running Water Creek, near Whiteside in Marion County, cutting the Nashville to Chattanooga Railroad, a 115 mile line vital to Union supply lines.  The 780 foot bridge was rebuilt during October and November 1863 at a cost of $59,000, one of the Union's great feats of engineering in the war. The N. & C. Railroad was repaired and running by January 1865.  (By John Osborne)