Charleston South Carolina
attractions and tours includes forts and
national sites. Visit each website listed below
to discover all that Charleston offers to
explore the historic fort sites in the
Charleston area.
Charles Pinckney National Historic
Site Mt. Pleasant (843) 883-3123 -
Charles Pinckney was a principal author and a
signer of the United States Constitution. This
remnant of his coastal plantation is preserved
to tell the story of a "forgotten founder," his
life of public service, the lives of enslaved
African Americans on South Carolina Lowcountry
plantations and their influences on Charles
Pinckney.
Fort Sumter National
Monument Charleston Harbor (843)
883-3123 - Where The American Civil War Began .
. . Decades of growing strife between North and
South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861,
when Confederate artillery opened fire on this
Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter
surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would
try for nearly four years to take it back. Fort
Moultrie is a unit of Fort Sumter National
Monument. The site is located on Sullivan's
Island and is accessible by car. Learn about
171 years of American seacoast defenses.
Fort Moultrie 1214 West Middle Street
Sullivans Island (843) 883-3123 - The first
fort on Sullivan's Island was still incomplete
when Commodore Sir Peter Parker and nine
warships attacked it on June 28, 1776. After a
nine-hour battle, the ships were forced to
retire. Charleston was saved from British
occupation, and the fort was named in honor of
its commander, Colonel. William Moultrie. In
1780 the British finally captured Charleston,
abandoning it only on the advent of peace.
Fort Johnson Wildlife
and Marine Resources Center 227 Fort Johnson
Road James Island, SC (843) 762-5000 - What is
left of Fort Johnson? Built in the early 1700s,
the fort was expanded and improved during the
French and Indian War, American Revolution, and
War of 1812. During this same time the fort was
damaged was hurricanes and storms. By the time
of the Civil War only a few structures remained
and Confederate forces built earthworks on the
site. Today a circa 1820s brick powder magazine
and a section Confederate earthworks are some
of the surviving elements of the fort.
Battery Wagner Morris
Island, Folly Beach SC - A barrier island,
Morris island has suffered from hurricane and
storm erosion. As a result, Battery Wagner, and
the other Union and Confederate fortifications
on the ocean side of the island no longer
survive. The movie Glory, based on the July 18,
1863 assault on Battery Wagner lead by the 54th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, was filmed in
Georgia. | 
