Civil War @ Charleston
|
Winner - 1998 Historic Site
Award
A site devoted to the history and heritage of the American Civil War in and around the City of Charleston, SC (Visitor's Information) Edited by William J. Hamilton, III. If your Browser can display frames and is not now doing so, a new menu bar navagation system for Civil War @ Charleston is available.
First H.L. Hunley Crew Re-interment Schedule
The remains of the First Crew lost on board the H.L. Hunley were recovered from
beneath the parking lot of
the Citadel Stadium last summer. After detailed examination, they will be re-interred with full
honors at Charleston's famous Magnolia Cemetary where the reamins of the 2nd. crew of the Hunley
are already buried. The third and final crew's remains are sealed inside the sunken sub of Sullivan's island,
to be raised this summer.
Friday, March 24th, 2000
9:00 a.m. Till 7:00 p.m. -Bodies will lie in state at Holy Communion Church
located at the corner of Ashley Ave. and Cannon St.,
Charleston, SC.
7:00 p.m. -Requiem Eucharist Service at Holy Communion
Church.
Saturday, March 25th, 2000
7:00 a.m. -Busses start shuttle from parking area near Magnolia
Cemetery (corner of Algonquin St. and North Meeting
St.) to Battery.
8:00 a.m. -Bodies arrive at the Battery.
10:00 a.m. -Service at the Battery.
11:00 a.m. -Funeral Procession to Magnolia Cemetery. (4.5 miles).
12:30 p.m. -Service at Hunley burial plot in Magnolia Cemetery.
Preserve Historic Morris Island
See our new page on a visit to launch
an effort to preserve historic Morris Island, site of the
1863 Campaign to take Charleston, Battery Wagner, the firing on the Star of the West
and a major site
in the bombardment of Charleston.
Civil War @ Charleston welcomes Save the Light
|
Save the Light, Inc. is working to preserve Charleston's Historic Morris
Island Lighthouse,
which replaced the lighthouse destroyed during the war.
The site contains background on the island's extensive
Civil War History and information about what little is know about the
light destroyed in the 1860's to prevent its
being used as a navigational aid by the Federal Navy.
Their excellent Save the Light site allows you to visit the nearly inaccessable lighthouse and view the surronding landscape so important during the war.
Sound and streaming video are online. Addiitonal information on the light destroyed in the 1860's would be welcomed.
|
Civil War Sites and Activities in Charleston
What you can see, where you can go and what you can do related to the Civil War in Charleston.
S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust
S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust Information Working to preserve South Carolina's historic Battlegrounds and military history sites.
Reenacting Organizations
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Link to S.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans listing of Charleston area camps.
C.S.S. Hunley Submarine Recovery Updates
C.S.S. Hunley Confederate Submarine Information: Reports from the Hunley Commission, Links to Pending Legislation, and more.
Market Hall/Confederate Museum Renovation Project
Updates and information on the Market Hall Renovation Project. See a (1865 Photograph), once and future home of Charleston's UDC Confederate Museum.
Lectures and programs on Civil War History in Charleston by local experts and nationally respected figures in the Civil War History Community.
Charleston's War on Land and Sea
|
Charleston Area Battles
Our Battle & Military Operations Page puts Charleston area actions in chronological order, follow the fight for Charleston blow by blow from the First Shots at Ft. Sumter to the eventual Federal Occupation. This is our most popular single page on the site.
Naval and Maritime Operations
Charleston Naval Operations, the Blockade raised by Commander Tucker and the Ironclads Chicora and Palmetto State, The Massive Guns of the Keokuk wrested from the dark tide, the Treholm Company runs the blockade and here, first the war beneath the waves.
Fort Sumter
Our Fort Sumter Page contains
Not so at Sumter personal reflections on Ft. Sumter today by site editor, William Hamilton and links to the history of the Fort here and elsewhere. Everyone knows this is where the war began, but most people don't know the tiny island is the most bombarded place in North America or that Major Anderson returned after the Federal Conquest to raise his flag again.
Their Own Words
The Civil War here in the words of the men and women who experienced it. Transcribed period accounts of the war online here and elsewhere.
Other Perspectives Our Sections on Civil War Women and African Americans in the war offer different persepctives.
Historic Maps
Civil War Era Maps of Charleston and the South Carolina Coast from SCIway.
|
Cavalry Weapons and Tactics
Trooper Tony Beck of the 1st. S.C. Cavalry rides onto the Internet with two articles:
Brent Brown of the 1st. SC Cavalry on
Our Biography Page presents the stories of the lives some Charlestonians lived during the war.
Creativity and Controversy
The war continues to inspire creativity in music, art, literature, drama and verse. Controversy also lingers. Bother are gathered on our Creativity and Controversy Page.
Annotated Bibliography on the Civil War in Charleston
Our Selected Charleston Civil War Bibliography outlines some of the best books on the war here, links available online excerpts and even book vendors selling relevant titles. Special Sections on selected Battles, African Americans, Women and subtopics. Shelby Foote said there was so much published on the war here, he never bothered to visit for research. He eventually visited anyway. Read and visit if you can, even if you live here.
Education Resources
Other Sites and Resources
Commercial Civil War Web Sites related to Charleston
Here are some of the commercial web sites related to the Civil War in Charleston and information on what the businesses give back to the community and historic preservation.
Other S.C. History Links
S.C. History on the Web, Link List from South Carolina Historical Society.
South Carolina State Archives in Columbia, SC
S.C. Historical Society an archive, research and publishing center in Charleston
Charleston County Library see their new Civil War pages.
S.C. State Museum, Columbia, SC.
A listing and brief description of national Civil War sites.
This Index Page has had
visitors since February 1, 1996
Web space furnished by A World Of Difference, Inc.