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Shute's Folly Island | ||
| Fort Sumter National Monument |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| 1633/01/13 | James Edward Oglethorpe | Founder | James Oglethorpe and 113 colonist heading to Georgia arrive in Charles Town harbor on the frigate ANNE. | |||
| 1860/12/27 | Confederate States Navy | Genesis | Vowing he will not serve under the Republican president, Captain Napoleon L Coste surrenders the US Revenue Cutter WILLIAM AIKEN to the new Republic of South Carolina and hoist the Palmetto flag. | |||
| 1861/01/16 | John Grimball CSA | Confederate Sailor | By order of South Carolina Governor Pickens, Lt Thomas P Pelot stations the cutter AIKEN, the side-wheel packet steamer GENERAL CLINCH and the steam tug AID in Charleston Harbor to prevent troops entering the harbor to reinforce Fort Sumter. | |||
| 1863/10/15 | Horace Lawson Hunley | Died | Horace Hunley captains his submarine torpedo boat, test diving beneath the CSS INDIAN CHIEF anchored in Charleston Harbor. H L HUNLEY sinks to the bottom killing Horace Hunley and seven crew members. | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | ||
| 1864/02/17 | George E Dixon, CSA | Died | The H L HUNLEY, along with First Lt Dixon and seven Confederate crewmen, sinks on it's return to Sullivan's Island. | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | H L HUNLEY's Final Mission | |
| 1995/05/03 | National Underwater and Marine Agency | Explorer | After 15 years of searching, NUMA finds the H L HUNLEY buried deep in sand about 4 miles off the coast of Sullivan's Island. The H L HUNLEY lay on her starboard side with the bow pointing toward the USS HOUSATONIC wreck and Sullivan's Island. | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | ||
| 2000/08/08 | Just outside of Charleston Harbor, the intact and remarkably well preserved H L HUNLEY is recovered from the bottom of the sea. | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | H L HUNLEY's Final Mission |
| Particulars for Charleston Harbor: | |
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| Water feature | Harbor |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| The Oblong Box (short story) | Short Story | Edgar Allan Poe | SOME YEARS ago, I engaged passage from Charleston, SC, to the city of New York, in the fine packet-ship "Independence," Captain Hardy. We were to sail on the 14th of June, and on the 14th, I went on board to arrange some matters in my state-room. |
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