Fort Moultrie, SC

Place Unit Type
Location or Site
Containing Unit
Sullivan's Island, SC
Date Type
Commander of federal forces in Charleston, South Carolina asks again for area forts to be manned Battles/Soldiers
- Corps of Engineers begin repairs to defenses of Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in South Carolina Battles/Soldiers
In Charleston Harbor, Confederate Fort Moultrie suffers a massive magazine explosion under U.S. Navy gunfire Battles/Soldiers
In South Carolina, an underwater telegraph cable in Charleston Harbor links Forts Moultrie and Sumter Science/Technology
Kentuckian Major Robert Anderson assigned to take command of Fort Moultrie in South Carolina Battles/Soldiers
South Carolina governor orders militia to patrol Charleston Harbor between Forts Moultrie and Sumter Battles/Soldiers
South Carolina militia occupy Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor Battles/Soldiers
Under cover of night in Charleston Harbor, Major Anderson consolidates his forces at Fort Sumter Battles/Soldiers
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Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Federal Troops in the South," November 20, 1860
New York Herald, “Not a Bed of Roses,” December 16, 1860
Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “Have We a Traitor at the Head,” December 25, 1860
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Fort Sumter,” December 31, 1860
New York Times, “Honor to Major Anderson,” January 3, 1861
New York Herald, “Ex-Secretary Floyd on the Crisis,” January 15, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “An Incident at Fort Sumter,” January 17, 1861
New York Times, “From Fort Sumter,” March 1, 1861
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, March 11, 1861
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Henry Ward Beecher on War,” April 19, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Anniversaries of Independence,” June 27, 1861
Entry by Samuel Elliot, December 11, 1864
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