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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHW_rearming-the-fort_Charleston-SC.html
The fort wall before you, called the right face, sustained the least damage of any of Fort Sumter's walls (scarps) during the Union bombardment of 1863-65.
After the Civil War, the fort's first-tier casemates including those before you, were re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHG_siege-of-fort-sumter_Charleston-SC.html
A close look at the wall in front of you reveals Union artillery shells embedded in the brick. They were found during one of the longest sieges in U.S. military history.
Batteries on Morris Island, about one mile behind you, and guns on Union w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHA_10-inch-mortar-model-1819_Charleston-SC.html
This 10-inch mortar, unearthed during the excavations in 1959, is similar to the one which fired the signal shot from Fort Johnson on April 12, 1861. Later in the war, the Confederate defenders of Fort Sumter mounted several of these weapons near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH9_8-inch-columbiad_Charleston-SC.html
When the Confederates opened fire in April 1861, several 8-inch Columbiads were mounted in Fort Sumter. This weapon probably has remained here since then, weathering the Union bombardment of 1863 and the clean up of the 1870's. Archeological excav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH4_15-inch-rodman_Charleston-SC.html
Designed by Thomas J. Rodman, U.S. Army Ordnance Officer, this type of cannon was the largest gun used in combat during the Civil War. These two Rodmans were brought to Fort Sumter as part of the 1870's modernization program.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH3_arming-the-fort_Charleston-SC.html
The row of cannon in front of you dates from the Civil War, when radical advances in technology increased power, range, and accuracy.
Some large, old smoothbore cannon were "rifled and banded" to enhance firepower. Banding (heating and tighteni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGW_marshlands-house_Charleston-SC.html
The Marshlands House was built byJohn Ball on his Cooper River riceplantation. In 1901 Marshlands was sold to the U,S. Navy for the shipyard.Threatened with demolition, the home wasbarged to its present location in 1961.The Federalist style house …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGU_holding-the-fort_Charleston-SC.html
Imagine being here in 1863, surrounded by Fort Sumter's ruins, when this shell (photo below) explodes on the parade ground. Throughout the Civil War the fort was the center of the bitter conflict to control Charleston Harbor. For nearly two years …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGR_fort-sumter-today_Charleston-SC.html
The Fort Sumter that you see today bears little resemblance to the imposing, three tiered brick fort of 1861. The fort's present appearance is the result of more than 100 years of change. Bombardment, reconstruction, and renovation have reshaped t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFR_redoubt-number-3_Charleston-SC.html
(Front) Redoubt Number 3, built here in 1861-62, was one of six identical Confederate earthworks built across the enter of James Island, known collectively as the East Lines. Intended to help defend Charleston from Federal attacks up the Stono Riv…