| 1861/12/11 |
General Robert E Lee stays at Alston House after a fire threatens his safety at the Charleston Hotel. |
Edmondston-Alston House, Charleston, SC
|
| 1861/12/11 |
Circular Church and next door Institute Hall, where the Ordinance of Secession had been ratified in 1860, begin burning. Neither will survive the fire. |
Circular Congregational Church and Parish House, Charleston, SC
|
| 1861/12/11 |
Witnesses report flames at Russell and Co's Sash and Blind factory and a blaze at Cameron and Co's Immense Machine Shops on Hasell St near the Cooper River. |
Ansonborough,
|
| 1861/12/11 |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's mansion on East Bay St is destroyed by the Great Fire. |
|
| 1861/12/12 |
Circular Church's steeple collapses as the church is destroyed by Charleston's Great Fire. |
Circular Congregational Church and Parish House, Charleston, SC
|