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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…
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 …
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