Among Charles Town’s first settlers was a decorated military veteran and soldier of fortune named Capt. Florence O’Sullivan, who, on Oct. 8, 1678, claimed two of the first lots laid out on the city’s new peninsula location. Of the 93 souls who disembarked here from...
This Constitution Day we remember Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who put both his life and personal fortune on the line as a military officer and aide to Gen. George Washington and later helped shape the future of America as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention...
Following the Civil War, General Quincy Gillmore of the Army Corp of Engineers had Fort Moultrie rebuilt along the lines of the original fort. When minefields were incorporated into harbor defense, the Army needed a means of preventing enemy minesweepers from clearing...
The Civil War was a time of transformation, not only for our country but also for warfare. Innovation was the name of the game when it came to the Civil War and military technology. This era changed the way that wars were fought forever. From the repeating rifle to...
Many people are surprised to learn that the Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4, 1776, by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, made up of Patriotic representatives from the 13 colonies. The document was initially presented to the...
The week of July 10-18, 1863, was among some of the bloodiest days in Charleston’s history: the Civil War battles of Battery Wagner, fought on the southern tip of Morris Island. This battery was a vital target for the Union Army, for the key to taking Charleston was...
