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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAD_fort-sumter-bombarded_Charleston-SC.html
The lighthouse in the distance marks the southern tip of Morris Island. In July,1863, Union troops landed there and advanced two-thirds of the way up the island to a Confederate stronghold known as Battery Wagner. Unable to capture the battery by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKA5_swamp-angel_Charleston-SC.html
In 1863 Union forces built a battery about two miles away in the marsh on lower Morris Island (in front of you). They mounted an eight-inch Parrott rifle called the Swamp Angel. This huge gun fired 150-pound shells and was aimed at the city of Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK99_battle-of-sol-legare-island_Charleston-SC.html
The Civil War Battle of Sol-Legare IslandJuly 16, 1863 In Honor ofThe Massachusetts 54th Regiment During the Civil War (1861-1865) Sol-Legare Island was the site of several camps, artillery positions and battles. On this date, one of America's fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJZR_the-first-shot-of-the-war-of-secession_Charleston-SC.html
1861 - 1961 At half past four on the morningof April 12, 1861, from a mortar nearthis spot on Fort Johnson, the firstshot of the War of Secession was fired,by order of Captain George S. James ofthe Confederate States Army.
The shell exploded a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJUT_battery-cheves_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) This four-gun Confederate artillery battery was one of several earthworks built on the southeastern shore of James Island in the summer of 1863. Built between Battery Simkins and Battery Haskell, this battery was named for Capt. Langd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQ2_riversville-battle-of-secessionville_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) RiversvilleRiversville, an antebellum village of fourteen acres, with seven lots on Savannah (later Secessionville) Creek, was established here in 1851 by Constant H. Rivers (1829-1910), who believed that the sandy soils and marsh bre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPH_secessionville_Charleston-SC.html
The Battle of Secessionville, fought here on 16 June 1862, broke the Union advance through James Island against Charleston and was the most significant battle of the Civil War in South Carolina.
Confederate troops under Col. Thomas G. Lamar de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2E_battle-of-secessionville_Charleston-SC.html
This stonemarks the siteof theBattle ofSecessionvilleJune 16, 1862.Erected bySecessionville Chapter,U.D.C. 1924.