X-Nico

unusual facts about Charleston Harbor


1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment

While serving in the X Corps, the regiment was involved in capturing several key forts in Charleston Harbor.


Rich in Love

The Odom family lives in a large, white, Southern house in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, just off Pitt Street, looking out onto Charleston Harbor.

Timeline of the American Revolution

British ships sail past Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island to occupy Charleston Harbor.


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Battle of Fort Pulaski

In December, Lee reasoned since the Federals had sunk a Stone Fleet in the Charleston Harbor, they did not intend to use it.

Battle of Port Royal

Shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor had started the war, Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard did not believe that Port Royal Sound could be adequately defended, as forts on opposite sides of the sound would be too far apart for mutual support.

Morris Island

Morris Island is also the site of the Morris Island Light, a lighthouse that stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the town of Folly Beach.

Morris Island was heavily fortified to defend Charleston harbor, with the fortifications centered on Fort Wagner.

Roswell S. Ripley

His uncle, James Wolfe Ripley, had led the Federal troops in Charleston Harbor during the Nullification Crisis, and was the Chief of Ordnance of the U.S. Army during the first half of the Civil War.

The Diary of a Public Man

From its first paragraph to its last, The Diary of a Public Man recounts the twists and turns as two successive presidents, the repudiated James Buchanan and the untested Lincoln, attempted to figure out what to do about Fort Sumter, the besieged federal fortress located on an artificial island at the mouth of Charleston harbor, South Carolina.