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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKK7_major-robert-anderson_Charleston-SC.html
In honor ofMajor Robert Andersonand the one-one-hundred-twenty-eight men of his commandwho for thirty-four hours April Twelve-Thirteen, Eighteen-hundred-sixty-one withstood the destructivebombardment of Fort Sumter and withdrew with thehonors of w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJM_mountain-howitzer_Charleston-SC.html
Confederates used several field pieces like this 12-pounder mountain howitzer to defend against a surprise landing by Union forces.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJA_night-attack_Charleston-SC.html
This corner of the fort was the site of the only attempt by Union forces to storm Fort Sumter during the Civil War.
On the night of September 8, 1863, a Union tugboat towed 500 sailors and marines in small boats to within 400 yards of Fort Sumt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJ9_star-of-the-west_Charleston-SC.html
Morris Island, across the water directly in front of you, was the scene of the Civil War's first hostile cannon fire, preceding even the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
By January 1861, Union troops occupying For Sumter were surrounded by Southern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIU_ironclads-attack_Charleston-SC.html
On April 7, 1863, the Union Navy sent its new force of ironclad warships - eight monitors and the frigate New Ironsides - to attack Fort Sumter. The ironclads attacked from the water directly in front of you.
As the Union fleet approached, Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIO_controlling-the-harbor_Charleston-SC.html
Confederate control of Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and supporting fortifications kept Charleston Harbor open despite the blockade by Union ships.
The main ship channel passed directly in front of you, between Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIL_h-l-hunley_Charleston-SC.html
On the night of February 17, 1864, the H.L. Hunley set out from Sullivan's Island, directly in front of you, with a torpedo attached to a seventeen-foot spar on her bow. Her target was the U.S.S. Housatonic, anchored four miles offshore. A Union l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKID_blockade-runners_Charleston-SC.html
The Union Navy blockaded Charleston Harbor from 1861-65, but blockade runners continued to slip in and out, carrying cargo crucial to the economic and military survival of the South. Using neutral ports like Bermuda and Nassau, blockade runners br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKI2_6-4-inch-100-pounder-parrott_Charleston-SC.html
Discovered during the excavations of Fort Sumter, these rifled guns were installed by Federal troops during the 1870's modernization program.
Maximum Range: 6800 yards (6218 M)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHY_the-columbiad_Charleston-SC.html
In front of you stands a rifled and banded columbiad cannon mounted as a mortar (aimed upward). It is mounted like the gun being inspected by a South Carolina delegation after the evacuation of Fort Sumter by Union troops in April 1861.
The dep…