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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGW_10-inch-columbiad-rodman_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Advanced manufacturing and scientific design by General T.J. Rodman made this Columbiad the finest of large smoothbore armor crushers. 10 and 15 inch Rodmans were mounted in Fort Moultrie as part of a massive modernization program in the 1870's.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGT_10-inch-columbiad-rifled-and-banded_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Captured by Confederates at Fort Sumter in 1861, this weapon was later repaired and rifled by Eason Brothers of Charleston. With an iron band and brass trunions, it presents an unique appearance. This weapon returned to service at Battery Bee on S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGO_7-inch-brooke-rifle-triple-banded_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
This quality product from the Confederate Naval Ordnance Works in Selma, Alabama was popular with Confederate artillerymen. Its long range, combined with heavy, accurate projectiles was particularly effective against Federal ironclads and siege ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFN_8-inch-parrott-200-pounder_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Named for the inventor, Robert Parker Parrott, these guns were the most widely used new rifled artillery during the Civil War. Heavy Parrott batteries emplaced on Morris Island reduced Fort Sumter to rubble. After the Civil War, this gun was inclu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLEP_10-inch-parrott-300-pounder_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
The largest of the Parrott series of guns, this rifle was part of Fort Moultrie's post Civil War armament. Heavy caliber Parrotts stood side by side with large Columbiads in the seacoast forts until replaced by breechloaders near the turn of the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLE0_h-l-hunley-disappears_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
(Side One):H.L. Hunley DisappearsTo break the blockade of Charleston Harbor, the Confederate submarine the H.L. Hunley set out to attack the Union warship Housatonic on the night of February 17, 1864. After ramming a 135-pound torpedo into the shi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDZ_buoyant-mine_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Mines came into use at the turn of the century as part of a new system of seacoast defense. A minefield could be laid in the main ship channel in time of war and remain harmless until electrically detonated from Fort Moultrie. The minefield, howev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDV_water-for-the-army_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
In 1898 as Battery Jasper neared completion, work began on these two 30,000 gallon cisterns. Concrete gutters atop Jasper were designed to collect rain water, which was conducted to these holding tanks.
To provide additional water, particularly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDF_powerhouse_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Completed in 1910, this powerhouse replaced the old generators inside Battery Jasper which had been in operation since 1899. Two 25 kilowatt gasoline actuated generators within this building supplied power for the electric lights, ammunition hoist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLD9_coastal-defense-the-endicott-system_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
Battery Jasper, the black, concrete structure in front of you, was built in 1898 as part of the Endicott System - a series of concrete and steel fortifications armed with heavy-caliber guns, along the U.S. coastline. With the support of smaller ba…