Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper
Fort Moultrie is a brick coastal defense fort completed in 1809 to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It's the third fort built at this location. The first was a wooden fort which decayed and the second fort was destroyed by a hurricane. Fort Moultrie was obsolete by the end of the American Civil War in 1865, but was modernized and retained as a military post until 1947. Now a historical relic and museum. To its right is the black mass of Battery Jasper.
Fort Sumter is a brick coastal defense fort designed to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It was near completion when, in December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union and claimed ownership of all Federal forts in the Charleston area. Major Anderson, the US commander, would not surrender Fort Sumter. The Confederate government forced the issue and began bombarding Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, forcing the surrender of the fort. Near Charleston, South Carolina.
By April 1863, the US Army had returned to the area, occupying part of Morris Island, 0.8 miles (1.4 km) south of Fort Sumter. From there, Union artillery bombarded the fort until it was abandoned in February 1865. Fort Sumter was by then a complete ruin, having been reduced from an impressive three-level fort to a large pile of rubble. After the war, the fort was partially rebuilt as a one-level fort, rearmed, and returned to service. I visited this place on April 12, 2018.
Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper
Fort Moultrie is a brick coastal defense fort completed in 1809 to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It's the third fort built at this location. The first was a wooden fort which decayed and the second fort was destroyed by a hurricane. Fort Moultrie was obsolete by the end of the American Civil War in 1865, but was modernized and retained as a military post until 1947. Now a historical relic and museum. To its right is the black mass of Battery Jasper.
Fort Sumter is a brick coastal defense fort designed to guard the entrance to Charleston Harbor. It was near completion when, in December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union and claimed ownership of all Federal forts in the Charleston area. Major Anderson, the US commander, would not surrender Fort Sumter. The Confederate government forced the issue and began bombarding Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, forcing the surrender of the fort. Near Charleston, South Carolina.
By April 1863, the US Army had returned to the area, occupying part of Morris Island, 0.8 miles (1.4 km) south of Fort Sumter. From there, Union artillery bombarded the fort until it was abandoned in February 1865. Fort Sumter was by then a complete ruin, having been reduced from an impressive three-level fort to a large pile of rubble. After the war, the fort was partially rebuilt as a one-level fort, rearmed, and returned to service. I visited this place on April 12, 2018.