Famous years in Charleston SC History from plaque
on elevated sidewalk at Charleston SC Battery Park



Charleston SC Battery White Point Gardens historical plaque
History of Charleston plaque (Click for full version History of Charleston SC info!)

Important Years (on marker) in Charleston SC History
from 1666 until 1865 in Chronological Order of Events

Gothic bar for Windsor Hill Plantation

ASHLEY RIVER (FORMERLY KIAWAH) RENAMED - 1666

ENGLISH SETTLED HERE - 1670

COOPER RIVER (FORMERLY WANDO) RENAMED - 1672

FORT JOHNSON BUILT - 1704

SPANISH-FRENCH SIEGE - 1706

STEED BONET PIRATE AND HIS CREW BURIED HERE - 1718

FIRST INDEPENDENT FLAG - 1765

FORT MOULTRIE BUILT - 1776

FIRST VICTORY OVER BRITISH - 1776

FIRST COMPLETE VICTORY IN REVOLUTION - 1776

CAPTURED BY BRITISH - 1780

CASTLE PINCKNEY BUILT - 1794

FORT SUMTER BUILT - 1829

FIRST SHOT OF CIVIL WAR - 1861

FIRST IRON CLAD BATTERIES - 1861

FIRST ATTACK OF IRON CLAD SQUADRON - 1863

FIRST SUBMARINE - 1863

FIRST MACHINE GUN - 1863

LONGEST SIEGE IN WARFARE - 1863-1865

OCCUPIED BY FEDERAL TROOPS - 1865

Gothic bar to Civil War history in Charleston SC

That is a LOT of History for One City!
(As much as or more than Boston MA.)

Charleston endured 587 days of constant shelling, use of confederate prisoners as human shields (the Immortal 600) and its fortifications withstood numerous ground attacks, including a charge by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (famous due to 1989 movie Glory). News of this regiment's courage in its front line attack on Fort Wagner led to many more black regiments being created and by the end of the Civil War more than 180,000 African-Americans joined the Union army. This helped turn the tide for victory.

OLD 3-D "Motion Picture" of Charleston Battery during Civil War 1000x1000 image = 1,705.86 KB (1,746,800 bytes)

Remains of large Blakely gun, burst by the rebels before evacuation. (3-D photo from NPR.org courtesy of National Museum of American History)

OLD 3-D "Motion Picture" of Fort Sumter interior during Civil War 1000x1000 image = 1,808.64 KB (1,852,046 bytes)

The gun, partially covered by debris, is the 10-inch Columbiad, directed towards the city of Charleston. (Photo credits same as for the image above.)

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Charleston Battery park is officially named White Point Gardens.



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