Fort Moultrie

Fort Moultrie (HMKMO)

Location: Charleston, SC 29412 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 45.141', W 79° 52.475'

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Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter controlled Charleston Harbor.

Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island directly in front of you, had been an early harbor defense and was the site of Charleston's famous Revolutionary War palmetto-log fort. Fort Sumter was built here on a shoal opposite Fort Moultrie when America strengthened its seacoast defenses after the War of 1812. Charleston's narrow main ship channel passed between the two forts. Enemy ships venturing there would be trapped in a crossfire of cannon.

With the surrender of Fort Sumter in 1861, Union forces evacuated, leaving Charleston's defenses in Confederate hands. The South effectively controlled the harbor from 1861-65 despite Union blockade and bombardment, and the port of Charleston remained open to daring blockade runners supplying the South.
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HM NumberHMKMO
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Placed ByFort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina - National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 2:33pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 605427 N 3624393
Decimal Degrees32.75235000, -79.87458333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 45.141', W 79° 52.475'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 45' 8.46" N, 79° 52' 28.50" W
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Area Code(s)843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2201-2207 Unnamed Road, Charleston SC 29412, US
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