Charleston, South Carolina

Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Monument in Charleston.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Fort Sumter is a sea fort notable for two battles of the American Civil War. It was on of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812, when British Ships sailed up Chesapeake bay and burned down Washington DC. Combinding high wall and heavy masonry. Work started in 1829, but was incomplete by 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Due to the limitation of distance by cannons after 1812, Charleston Harbor had Forts on both sides, yet was suscepitble to ships coming through the middle of the bay. Fort Sumter was designed to cover this hole and help protect Charleston.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - The First Battle of the Civil War opened on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Cannon
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Inside the Fort
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Rooms in the Fort
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Sandy * Rob
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Plaque of Those who defended the fort during the bombardment of April 12-14, 1861.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Looking down on the Main grounds of the fort
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - View of the Bay from the fort
Click on Image		Fort Sumter
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Guard's View of the bay... Sound the alarm, hostile ships approach!!!
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Marker of Fort Johnson - Where the bombardment of April 1861 started
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - View of where Fort Johnson started the Civil War.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Sandy in front of the Original flag during the bombardment.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Row of cannons. The noise must of been deafening.
Click on Image		Fort Sumter - Fort Sumter Island Monument
Click on Image		Charleston - View of Charleston from Fort Sumter
Click on Image		Charleston - Charleston
Click on Image		Charleston - The Siege of Charleston Marker: The British capture of Charleston in May 1780 was one of the worst American defeats of the Revolution. On March 30-31 Gen. Henry Clinton's British, Hessian, and Loyalist force crossed the Ashley River north of Charleston. On April 1, Clinton advanced against the American defenses near this site, held by Gen. Benjamin Lincoln's Continentals and militia. The 42 Day siege would be the longest of the War.
Click on Image		Charleston - The Siege of Charleston Marker Con't: As Gen. Charles Cornwallis closed of Lincoln's escape routes on the Cooper River, Clinton advanced his siege lines and bombared Chalreston. On May 12, 1780, in fornt of the American works near this spot, Lincoln surrendered the city and his force of 6,000 men, after what one British officer called "a gallant defense." The British occupied Charleston for more than 2 1/2 years, evacuating Dec. 14, 1782.
Click on Image		Charleston - Rob and Sandy enjoying the warm afternoon
Click on Image		Charleston - When in Rome ... Right? Fried Pickles ... They went great with beer.
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