Fort Moultrie
- Address: 1214 Middle St
- As Noted In: US National Park - Unit, US National Park Service
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1776/03/01 | John Armstrong Sr | Engineer | Continental Congress appoints John Armstrong brigadier general in the Continental Army and assigns him to engineer the defense of Charleston, South Carolina. | |||
| 1776/06/28 | Charles C Pinckney | Patriot Captain | American rebels battle British regulars as they attempt to take Charleston. | |||
| 1776/06/28 | Henry Clinton | British General | American rebels battle British regulars as they attempt to take Charleston. | |||
| 1791/05/05 | George Washington | Guest | Washington visits the Works of Fort Johnson on James's Island, and Fort Moultree on Sullivans Island, both of which are in ruins, and scarcely a trace of the latter left-the former quite fallen. | George Washington's Southern Tour | ||
| 1827/10/31 | Edgar Allan Poe | Battery H and Edgar Poe are ordered to proceed to Fort Moultrie in South Carolina. | ||||
| 1860/12/26 | Major Robert Anderson orders his command of Federal troops to abandon Fort Moultrie and fall back to Fort Sumter. The brick fortress in the center of Charleston Harbor offers better defense and can be resupplied by ship. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||||
| 1861/01/09 | John Grimball CSA | Confederate Soldier | As the STAR OF THE WEST turns in the channel, Confederate guns on Fort Moultrie fire on the relief ship. Of the seventeen shots fired by both rebel positions, two struck the hull of the STAR OF THE WEST, causing little damage. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
| 1862/00/00 | George E Walker | Architect | Battery Bee (Harbor side, S of 9 Station St) is built at the west end of Sullivan's Island, Battery Bee and other defensive works were designed by George E Walker | |||
| 1864/02/17 | George E Dixon, CSA | Confederate Lieutenant | The H L HUNLEY surfaces and signals their comrades at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island with a blue magnesium light, indicating a successful mission. | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | H L HUNLEY's Final Mission |
| Particulars for Fort Moultrie: | |
|---|---|
| Cultural Affiliation | American |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Battle site |
| Owner | Federal |
| Structure Type | Fortification |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gold-Bug (short story) | Short Story | Edgar Allan Poe | Near the western extremity, where Fort Moultrie stands, and where are some miserable frame buildings, tenanted, during summer, by the fugitives from Charleston dust and fever, may be found, indeed, the bristly palmetto. |
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