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In the Charleston Arms and Powder Raid, South Carolina Patriots successfully seized and removed gunpowder and weapons from various locations in and around Charleston, South Carolina. The maneuver was carried out by the South Carolina Patriots at the request of the South Carolina Secret Committee of Five.

The Battle of Charleston was fought on September 13, 1862, during the Kanawha Valley Campaign. Confederate General William Wing Loring forced Colonel Joseph A. J. Lightburn’s Union troops from the city and pursued them to the Ohio River. The Confederate victory temporarily restored Southern control of the Kanawha Valley, but Federal forces regained the region by November 1862.

The Siege of Charleston was fought between the United States and Great Britain from April 1 to May 12, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. British forces won the battle and captured thousands of Americans in the process. It was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War.

British forces attacked and burned the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, during the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. The attack drove American forces from the town.

The Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1629) set up the government and extent of authority for the New England Company, which later become known as the Massachusetts Bay Company. In 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Company founded the city of Boston.

Salmon Portland Chase was the 23rd Governor of Ohio, a U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War, and the sixth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Samuel Chase is a Founding Father who was a delegate from Maryland to the First Continental Congress and signed the Articles of Association, which set up the Continental Association. He was also elected to the Second Continental Congress, signed the Olive Branch Petition, and signed the Declaration of Independence. Chase is also the only Supreme Court Justice impeached by the House of Representatives.

The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of Union military operations from September 21 to November 27, 1863, that broke the Confederate Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee. After General Ulysses S. Grant restored the Union supply line, he launched attacks on Confederate positions at Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge, and drove the Confederates away. The Union victories forced Bragg to retreat toward Dalton, Georgia, and secured Chattanooga as an important supply center for General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign.

The Battle of Chattanooga was fought from November 23 through November 25, 1863, during the Chattanooga Campaign. Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant captured Orchard Knob, forced the Confederates to abandon Lookout Mountain, and drove General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee from Missionary Ridge. The Union victory ended the Confederate Siege of Chattanooga, forced Bragg’s army into Georgia, and opened the way for General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign.

The Battle of Cheat Mountain — also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort — was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America from September 12 to 15, 1861, during the Civil War. The outcome of the battle was a Union victory. The battle is most well-known for being Robert E. Lee's first offensive of the war and part of the Western Virginia Campaign.

The Battle of Chester Station was fought on May 10, 1864, during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Union forces under General Benjamin F. Butler sought to damage the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, while Confederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard tried to drive them away. The battle ended without a clear winner, and Confederate forces later repaired the railroad connection between Richmond and Petersburg.

Chickamauga Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Fought from September 19 to September 20, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga produced the highest casualty totals for any battle in the western theater of the American Civil War and second only to the Battle of Gettysburg for the entire war.

The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou was fought from December 26–29, 1862, during the Vicksburg Campaign. General William T. Sherman led about 30,000 Union soldiers against Confederate defenses commanded by General John C. Pemberton and General Stephen D. Lee. Confederate forces defeated Sherman’s attacks, ending the Union’s first major attempt to capture Vicksburg.

John Chivington, known as the "Fighting Parson," was an ordained Methodist minister and Union officer, who was acclaimed for his performance at the Battle of Glorieta Pass but condemned for his role in the Sand Creek Massacre.

The Battle of Churubusco was fought on August 20, 1847, between the United States and Mexico, during the Mexican-American War. The outcome of the battle was an American victory and led to negotiations of an armistice between the two armies.

The Citizen Genêt Affair was a diplomatic incident that occurred in 1793–1794 during the French Revolution. French diplomat Edmond Charles Genêt went against President George Washington's wishes and tried to enlist Americans to help France fight the British. The incident led to the establishment of America’s neutrality policy regarding foreign affairs.

The City Point Wharf Explosion took place during the Siege of Petersburg. It was caused by a Confederate saboteur, John Maxwell, using an early version of a time bomb called a “Horological Torpedo.”

Key facts about the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Enacted by Congress over President Andrew Johnson's veto, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 aimed to counter Black Codes enacted by Southern states by validating the citizenship of former slaves and endowing them with specific, federally guaranteed, civil rights