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Discovering the Hunley
Since the night of the attack, the H.L. Hunley and its crew escaped detection by amateur and professional divers. In 1980, novelist Clive Cussler and a team of underwater archaeologists began to search for the submarine i…
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The Hunley Recovery Project
Federal, state, and private sector underwater archaeologists teamed with engineers and divers from Oceaneering International to excavate and recover the H.L. Hunley. Oceaneering, a marine engineering company, has don…
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From Military Base to National Park
In 1947, Fort Moultrie Military Reservation was closed as static seacoast defensive positions became obsolete. While Fort Sumter became a National Monument in 1948, Fort Moultrie and the rest of the reservati…
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Cannon Row
7-inch Triple-Banded Brooke
21,290 pounds
CS Army
Produced: 3
Survivors: 1
10-inch Parrott Rifle
26,900 pounds
US Army
Produced: 42
Survivors: 13
8-inch Parrott Rifle
16,487 pounds
US Army
Produced: 178
Survivors: …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21SU_civil-war-defense-of-sullivans-island_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
As the Civil War progressed from 1861 to 1865, Sullivan's Island became the primary defensive position for Confederate forces guarding Charleston Harbor. Anchored at Fort Moultrie, by 1865 these defenses stretched the length of Sullivan's Island w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21SO_revolutionary-war-artillery_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
The two cannon in front of you are reproductions cast in 1976 by the National Park Service for the American Bicentennial Celebration, and placed here to generally represent the location of the palmetto log fort built in anticipation of a British a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21SL_major-general-william-moultrie_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Major General William Moultrie
1730 - 1805
Commander of
Second South Carolina Regiment
During the Battle of Sullivan's Island
June 28, 1776
When offered inducements by Lord Charles
Montagu to desert the American cause,
General Moultrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MQY_defending-charleston_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
From this observation deck the strategic value of Fort Moultrie becomes clear. Charleston Harbor's main ship channel—the only deep water access to the port—passes directly in front of the fort. Ships entering the harbor had to pass clo…