Battle of Secessionville

Part of Civil War @ Charleston Website

Information on the Historic Battle

• Jewel of the Cotton Fields an essay by Dick Cote', currently being recoded on his server.
• General Battle account by Vincent J. Simonowicz.
• Brother Against Brother at Secessionville Two Scottish Immigrant Brothers fight each other on James Island, By William J. Hamilton, III
• The Edisto Rifles at the Battle of Secessionville by Doug Schauer.
• Fort Lamar is now the Site of a S.C. Heritige Preserve and is currently being prepared for visitors and opening on June 16, 1997. Our Mapquest Interactive Atlas Link pinpoints Battery Lamar on an interactive landscape that allows the user to zoom in and out. Location Map - Fort Lamar Heritige Preserve. Due to computer mapping limitations, the Battery is slightly further up the road than indicated.
• Dana McBean's inset map of the first assault part of a larger, annotated map on the Battle developed by the Charleston Museum and available from the S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust.
• Listing for new book by Pat Brennan on our Bibliography and announcement on book's release in Charleston, Nov 7 - 10, 1996.
• Text of Prayer offered at 134th. Annaversary of the Battle Commemoration by Dean William McKeachie, Episcopal Cathederal of St. Luke & St. Paul.

Preserving the Site

1. The State of South Carolina has purchased Battery Lamar and 10 surrounding acres for a Heritige Preserve now being developed.
2. Work on and preservation of the site is guided by the Ft. Lamar Stewardship Committee.
3. The Feb. 15, 1997 Cleanup - See images of the 40 people who worked carefully clearing the site and read details of the work in progress.
4. Our January 1997 Ft. Lamar Update includes details on the volunteer cleanup day planned for Feb. 15; The January 17 Public Hearing and Preservation Suggestions Submitted at that hearing by William Hamilton. Contact information for Archeologist Chris Judge, who is directing the project for the S.C. Dpt. of Natural resources is also included.
5. January 16, 1997 Post and Courier Article: Agency Reveals Plans details progress and idea on how the site will be preserved.
6. This article from the Post and Courier, Secessionville Battle Site Preserved, provides details on the November 1996 announcment.
7. The S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust" is working with the state to preserve and interpret the site.
8. Further updates will be posted on their page as information they become available.

• This years reenactment of the battle will take place on November 13 & 14. On Friday, Nov. 12, we will have a parade, which will begin at 10:00 a.m., at White Point Gardens and proceed to Magnolia Cemetery. At 2:00 p.m. we will have the ceremony and reinteer the remains of the 23 sailors we exhumed from Johnson Hagood Stadium, at the Citadel. The ceremony for Hunley sailors will be seperate, and has not been announced at this time. Please join us in this event. This will be a rare opportunity to take part in a burial service for our Confederate heroes. If you need additional information, please send an E-Mail...

  .Elmore Marlow
  Confederate Heritage Trust
  (843) 762 - 2430
  E-Mail - marlow616@aol.com
  Proceeds benefit preservation of the Confederate Submarine Hunley.
• Report on the 1995 tactical at the Reenactment by Freemantle Reenactor George Hughes.
• Shades of Gray - an account of the 1993 reenactment by William Hamilton
• Information on the historic battle (Top of this page).
• Charleston Visitor's Information Index

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