Charleston Battery Orientation Marker

FORT MOULTRIE 1776: FIRST COMPLETE VICTORY IN REVOLUTION
FORT SUMTER 1829: LONGEST SIEGE IN WARFARE 1863 - 1865
FORT JOHNSON 1704: FIRST SHOT IN CIVIL WAR

CASTLE PINCKNEY 1794

COOPER RIVER: FORMERLY WANDO - RENAMED 1612

ENGLISH SETTLED HERE 1670
SPANISH-FRENCH SIEGE 1706

STEDE BONNET PIRATE AND HIS CREW BURIED HERE 1718

FIRST INDEPENDENT FLAG 1765

FIRST VICTOR OVER BRITISH 1776 
CAPTURED BY BRITISH 1780

JAMES ISLAND
ASHLEY RIVER: FORMERLY KIAWAH - RENAMED 1666

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

OCCUPIED BY FEDERAL TROOPS 1865

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