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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A8J_cassique-of-the-kiawah_Charleston-SC.html
Seeking a place for establishing a settlement, the first colonists were directed to this site by the Chief of the Kiawah Indians. The friendly Cassique and his people greatly helped the struggling colony.This statue by Willard Hirschcommissioned i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A87_the-citadel-bulldog_Charleston-SC.html
In memory ofMajor Sam M. Savas, Jr., CE, USACitadel 1951Died in Vietnam, 1965 In memory ofLt. Sam M. Savas, III, USNNaval AviatorCitadel 1979Died in the service of his country October, 1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A85_star-of-the-west_Charleston-SC.html
In the early dawn of January 9, 1861, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired from Morris Island by Citadel cadets under the command of Major Peter Fayssoux Stevens. The cadets opened fire with 24 pound siege guns on a Federal ship,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X3_remnant-of-horn-work_Charleston-SC.html
Remnant, of Horn Work. May 1780 Siege of Charleston
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X2_section-of-parapet-or-upper-portion-of-the-wall_Charleston-SC.html
The parapet included embrasures, or splayed cannon openings, designed to provide additional "lines of fire." Based on the 1739 illustration, each redan was armed with five to seven cannon. This section of brick parapet was pushed into the moat whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X0_in-search-of-the-walled-city_Charleston-SC.html
Rediscovering the Old WallThe old city wall remained buried and forgotten until traces of Granville Bastion were discovered at 40 East Bay Street in the 1920s. In the 1960s a portion of the Half Moon Battery was discovered in the basement of the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WW_charleston-city-market_Charleston-SC.html
On this site stands one of Charleston's oldest public facilities in continuous use: the Charleston Market. Earlier markets, dating back to the city's relocation to the peninsula, ca. 1680, offered meat, fish, and vegetables at different sites. Aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19V2_cigar-factory-we-shall-overcome_Charleston-SC.html
Cigar FactoryThis five-story commercial building, built in 1882 as a textile mill, was known as the Charleston Manufacturing Company, then Charleston Cotton Mills, in its early years. Leased to the American Tobacco Company in 1903, the plant was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19V0_battery-reed_Charleston-SC.html
Here stoodBattery Reedcommanded byLt. Col.Ellison Capers,June 16, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TL_fort-sumter-bricks_Charleston-SC.html
Salvaged from the waters of the tidalzone around Fort Sumter, these brickswere placed in this wall 140 yearsafter the beginning of the Civil War. April 12, 2001
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