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French Quarter Inn 166 Church St Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 722-1900

Longitude: -79.929613 Latitude: 32.78037 http://www.fqicharleston.com/

Francis Marion Hotel 387 King St, Charleston, SC (843) 722-4900:

Located in the Heart of Historic Charleston was the largest and grandest in the Carolinas when it opened in 1924

Charleston Place 205 Meeting St, Charleston, SC (843) 722-4900:

Heart of one of the most romantic and exciting cities in the world - Longitude: -79.93161 Latitude: 32.780676

Welcome To Charleston

Information about History

Planter's Inn 112 N Market St, Charleston, SC (843) 722-2345

Longitude: -79.930246 Latitude: 32.780787

Andrew Pinckney Inn 199 Church St Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 937-8800

Longitude: -79.929815 Latitude: 32.782118
1 block from City Market

Courtyard by Marriott 2415 Mall Dr North Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 747-9122

http://marriott.com/courtyard/default.mi Longitude: -80.013822 Latitude: 32.878825
To make reservations by phone, call 1-800-321-2211 Courtyard By Marriott Guest Room Amenity: Air conditioning, Cable television, Coffee/Tea maker, Cribs, Guest Room Internet, Hairdryer, ...AAA Rating (diamonds): Accessible facilities, On-Site parking

Renaissance Charleston Hotel Historic District 68 Wentworth Street Charleston , SC 29401 Longitude: -79.933625 Latitude: 32.782484 (843) 747-9122

Located in the heart of the historic district of Charleston, this historic Charleston hotel has it all.

Courtyard Downtown 35 Lockwood Charleston, SC 29401

To make reservations by phone, call 1-800-321-2211 Longitude: -79.953435 Latitude: 32.781311

Embassy Suites Embassy Suites Historic Charleston 337 Meeting St, Charleston, SC (843) 723-6900...restoration of the original Citadel Military College which is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings>>>>more

Longitude: -79.931111 Latitude: 32.776389 ,

Days Inn Charleston - Days Inn Historic District 155 Meeting Street * 1/2 Block Market Street, Charleston, SC 29401

The Days Inn Historic Charleston Located in the Center of Historic Charleston. Across the street from the Famous Open Market Within easy walking distance of the Historic Attractions Walking Distance of Downtown Charleston Walk to 40 of Charleston's Best Restaurants Longitude: -79.931422 Latitude: 32.779347

Holiday Inn Downtown125 Calhoun St (843) 805-7900

Located on the corner of Meeting and Calhoun street, you are within steps of all the history Charleston has to offer to make your visit a true and eventful experience Longitude: -79.934168 Latitude: 32.786581

John Rutledge House 116 Broad St. Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 723-7999

The John Rutledge House Inn® offers nineteen guest rooms within a complex of three buildings. One may choose between the elegance of rooms and spacious suites in the original grand residence or the charm and seclusion of rooms in the Inn's two carriage houses. Antiques and historically accurate reproductions give each room its own warmth and distinction. Longitude: -79.93351 Latitude: 32.776076

King Charles Best Western 237 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-723-7451 - Toll-free: 866-546-4700

-79.93191 Latitude: 32.782176

The Elliott House78 Queen St Charleston, SC 29401 843-723-1855 or Toll Free 1-800-729-1855

The Elliott House Inn is the True Definition of Gracious Southern Hospitality Longitude: -79.93211 Latitude: 32.777726

Harbour View Inn 2 Vendue Range Charleston, S.C. 29401 call 843-853-8439 or888-853-8439

"Overlooking the historic harbour and waterfront park, the HarbourView Inn hotel is Charleston, SC's most acclaimed inn." Longitude: -79.92571 Latitude: 32.778776

src="Wentworth-exterior-sm.jpg" Wentworth Mansion 149 Wentworth St Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 853-1886

Unlike so many prestigious hotels, the Wentworth Mansion® is not an out-of-the-way locale; it is situated in the heart of one of the world’s most charming and enjoyable cities. Longitude: -79.94031 Latitude: 32.779776

src="Doubletree_Guest_Suites.jpg"Double Tree Suites 181 Church St Charleston, SC 29401

Stylish rooms with a king size bed overlooking our fountain courtyard or the heart of Historic Charleston. Just step out the door and you are in the City Market. Shopping, dining, and site seeing are readily available among America's finest collection of 17th and 18th century buildings and homes.Longitude: -79.929721 Latitude: 32.78163 Tel:+1-843-577-2644 Fax: +1-843-577-2697

Mills House Hotel 115 Meeting St.Charleston, SC 29401 Toll free: 1-800-874-9600, or 843-577-2400

The elegant Mills House Hotel is the epitome of true southern hospitality. longitude: -79.93121 Latitude: 32.777876

Riverview Hotel 170 Lockwood Blvd. Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 722-1900

Located on the Ashley River and just a mile from the historic district, the Charleston Riverview Hotel offers 333 spacious guest rooms with incredible views of the historic skyline, the Ashley River, and the Citadel. 166 Lockwood Blvd Charleston, SC 29403 Longitude: -79.961555 Latitude: 32.789376

Kings Courtyard 198 King Street Charleston, SC 29401 Toll Free: 1-866-720-2949 Local: (843) 720-2949 Fax: (843) 720-2608 GDS Code: HE

A classic Charleston inn located in the heart downtown Charleston South Carolina on King Street, across from Saks Fifth Avenue, and just off the City Market. Longitude: -79.93321 Latitude: 32.779362

Ansonborough Inn 21 Hasell St. Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 722-1900

The Ansonborough Inn's location is both central and convenient on Hasell Street. Tucked away just a block north of The Market Street area, the Inn is within easy walking distance of all of downtown Charleston's history, shops, and restaurants -79.928333 Latitude: 32.783692

1843 Battery Carriage House Inn 20 S. Battery, Charleston, South Carolina (SC) 29401 Telephone: 843-727-3100, Fax: 843-727-3130 or Toll Free: 1-800-775-5575

The Battery Carriage House Inn is the perfect location from which to explore all the beauty and history that Charleston, SC has to offer.Longitude: -79.930435 Latitude: 32.770201

Vendue Inn 19 Vendue Range St Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-577-7970 | Toll-Free: 800-845-7900 | Fax: 843-577-7346 | Email: info@vendueinn.com

The Vendue Inn sits perfectly at the Waterfront, in the heart of the Charleston Battery just steps from unique boutiques and art galleries, mouth-watering restaurants, and fascinating museums for which Charleston is known. The accommodations at the Vendue Inn reflect the history of Charleston.... Longitude: -79.926155 Latitude: 32.77873

173 Meeting St 173 Meeting St Charleston, SC 29401

The Meeting Street Inn offers distinctive Charleston lodging in the heart of the City's historic district. Located opposite the bustling City Market...>>>MORE Longitude: -79.931528 Latitude: 32.779982

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Hunley sank the Housatonic February 17, 1864

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USS HOUSATONIC The Sinking location of the USS Housatonic by the Submarine CSS H.L. Hunley, off Charleston, South Carolina, 17 February 1864 ...more

A strong outgoing tide may have assisted Dixon and his crew in reaching the softer, more easily damaged targets of the outer blockade line, but it would have necessitated a wait for the incoming tide to return to shore after the attack>>>more..This may explain the observed proximity of Hunley to the wreck of Housatonic following the attack--the submarine was awaiting the incoming tide when it sank. 32.720000° Latitude 79.775000° Longitude

Acquisition.-- Built by Government contract; hull at Boston Navy Yard; machinery, by Globe Works (Jabez Coney et al.), Boston, Mass. Launched, November 20, 1861, at Boston, Mass. Cost.--$231,526.71. Description.--Screw steamer; sloop-of-war. Tonnage.--1,240. Dimensions.--Length, 207'; beam, 38'; depth, 16' 10". Draft.--Loaded, forward, 7' 7"; aft, 9' 7". Engines.--Two; horizontal, direct action. Battery.--September 2, 1862, 1 100-pdr. Parrott rifle, 3 30-pdr. Parrott rifles, 1 XI-inch Dahlgren S. B., 2 32-pdr. 33 cwt., 2 24-pdr. howitzers, 1 12-pdr. howitzer, 1 12-pdr. rifle; April 30, 1863, add 2 32,-pdrs. 33 cwt.;

Disposition.--Sunk, February 17, 1864, outside bar of Charleston, S.C., by Confederate torpedo boat. the CSS H L Hunley

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Damages done to Battery Homes from fire and bombardment

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Castle Pinckney

Castle Pinckney played a minor role in the war although it was strategically located below the mouth of the Cooper River. In the latter part of 1861, it served as a military prison for the Yankees that were captured a First Manassas. Some of her guns were removed to strengthen other fortifications in the harbor and she took no part in the heavy fighting around the harbor entrance during 1863 and 1864.

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FORT MOULTRIE SULLIVANS ISLAND

Fort Moultrie, with thirty-eight guns, from 24 pounders to 8 inch columbiads, and a garrison of three hundred effectives belonging to the First South Carolina Infantry (regulars). These works were in very good condition though repairs were then in progress in the former.

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USS KEOKUK

Information about the Ship

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Confederate Blockade Runner Ruby

Beached remains of the British-built blockade runner Ruby, run aground after passing the Federal squadron, June 10-11, 1863 The Yankees quickly brought up some field cannons to shell the trapped Ruby but had to rapidly retreat when the Confederates on Morris Island fired a few cannon balls their way.

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Point of East Battery after the war

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Fort Sumter

Two years after taking Fort Sumter from the Union forces, the Confederates found themselves on the receiving end of intense shelling after the Yankees had taken over the lower end of Morris Island.

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Battery Waring

Part of the City Defenses of the West side

TRADD ST. 1930

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East Battery

Part of the City Defenses on the East Side

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WEEHAWKEN

Before the obstructions Weehawken now hesitated—next to a pre-placed Confederate ranging buoy, “No. 3”, in the middle of the channel. Moultrie then opened fire. Ranges in the various reports are conflicting but probably stood at 900 yards. Weehawken responded with both her heavy guns directed against Fort Sumter.

WEEHAWKEN

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WEEHAWKEN Sunk December 6 1863 32.7174 79.85286

Story of the Weehawken

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Blockade Runner RACCOON sunk 1864- 32.74323 79.835611

Buried in 8’ silt

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Mary Bowers-Blockade Runner Discovered by E. Lee Spence

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(32.76114995405578, -79.86150741577148)

Sullivan’s Island received the majority of the reinforcements with the building of Battery Bee just west of Fort Moultrie and Battery Beauregard just east of Moultrie. Further north of Moultrie was built Battery Marshall right at Breech Inlet between Sullivan’s and the Isle of Palms. This is the location that the crew of the Hunley used later on in the war. These new fortifications were busy mounting armament and using well sodded sand with magazines and bomb proofs built into each of them.

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Battery Marshall End of Sullivans Island

This is the location that the crew of the Hunley used later on in the war

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Stone Fleet

Each Ship to "Have a pipe and valve fitted under skillful direction, so that after anchoring in position the water can be readily let into the hold. Load them with blocks of granite to utmost extent, considering their safe transit down the coast. Leave one anchor and chain on board ready for use and such sails and gear as are necessary to sail them to their destination."

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Sunken Barge loaded with stones-headed forthe channel

Sank before she could get into position. These ships and barges were in terrible shape

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Stone Fleet

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NEW IRONSIDES ATTACKED BY A CONFEDERATE 'DAVID' OCTOBER 5,1863. Seven months earlier was the largest Naval attack against Charleston

"On the (April 1863)5th the iron-clad fleet of the Abolitionists, consisting of seven monitors and one double turreted vessel, hove in sight from Fort Sumter and came to anchor outside, in the vicinity of the Ironsides frigate, then a part of the blockading squadron. The 6th was apparently spent by the enemy in preparation and by our artillerists in verifying the condition of their material" From Confederate Gen. Roswell Riley's Report on the Ironclad Attack of April 7, 1863(For the full report click here)

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Blockade Runner Constance sunk - Discovered by E.Lee Spence

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Blockade Runner GEORGIANA sunk - Discovered by E.Lee Spence

HISTORY H9174WD/69--OPR-436-R/H; THIS ITEM CONSISTED OF TWO CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE RUNNERS, THE MARY BOWERS AND THE GEORGIANA, BOTH AT THE SAME GENERAL LOCATION. POS. OBTAINED WAS LAT.32-46.8N, LONG.79-45.63W WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 6 FT VERIFIED BY LEADLINE AND DIVERS. WRECKS WERE BEING EXCAVATED MAKING WIRE DRAG IMPOSSIBLE (SEE DESCRIPTION). (ENTERED 12/89 MCR) DESCRIPTION ****THE WRECKS WERE DISCOVERED AND EXCAVATED BY E. LEE SPENCE OF SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, SC 29482 (P.O. BOX 211).

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Rattlesnake-Blockade Runner sank here

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Norseman-Blockade Runner

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Abandoned Wreck off Sullivans Almost ran into this one night after Hurricane Hugo

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Unknown wreck Needs discovery

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Looking to get wrecked or cause a wreck - zoom in to see us clearly

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Stonewall Jackson-Blockade Runner Sunk in 1864

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USS Patapsco Union Monitor Sunk in 1865

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The steamer

CSS SUMTER was carrying 600 to 740 men, who had just been relieved from duty on Morris Island, and was bound to Battery Gregg when she ran aground and was fired upon by mistake from a Confederate fortification near Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island

The Confederate troop transport and munitions carrier was sunk by "friendly fire" on the night of August 30, 1863, while returning from Morris Island, South Carolina. Shipwreck expert E. Lee Spence of Summerville, South Carolina, discovered the wreck of the Confederate transport Sumter, which was lost near the entrance to Charleston in 1863

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Now washed away

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CSS Etiwan sank by the Union June 7 1864

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Hunley was brought to Mt. Pleasant after sinking the second time

From November 1863 until February 1864 This was home to the final Hunley Crew

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Hunley was raised from this spot and sent to Mt. Pleasant after sinking the second time

Disaster came during a training session on the Cooper River, where the Hunley crew was attempting to perfect an attack maneuver that required trailing a floating explosive charge into a blockade ship

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The Charleston Light, located on Morris Island, at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S. C., was one of the colonial lights turned over to the Federal Government under the terms of the act of August 7, 1789. The light was in a brick tower, built by the Colony of South Carolina in 1767. On May 7, 1800, Congress appropriated $5,000 for repairing the lighthouse. In 1838 the light was described as a revolving light, the tower being 102 feet from the base to the lantern. A new first-order lens was installed in the tower on January 1, 1858

On December 20, 1860, on receiving reports from the lighthouse inspector at Charleston regarding the probable seizure of the lighthouse property by the Confederacy, the Secretary of the Lighthouse Board wrote the Secretary of the Treasury that he would not recommend that the coast of South Carolina be lighted by the Federal Government against her will. Ten days later the inspector at Charleston informed the Board that the Governor of the State of South Carolina has requested me to leave the State. I am informed that forcible possession has been taken of the lights, buoys, etc., of this harbor, and that similar measures will be adopted in regard to all lights in the State

Early in January 1861, the Rattlesnake Shoal Lightship was towed into Charleston and the lighthouse tenders were seized. By the latter part of April 1861, practically all lights were extinguished, lightships removed, and other aids removed or destroyed from the Chesapeake to the Rio Grande, with the exception of some of the lights on the Florida coast and reefs.

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Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Description of Tower:Cottage-style screwpile lighthouse. This light is not operational Date Established:1878 Date Deactivated:1932 Current Use: Destroyed. Keepers: Thomas Patrick O'Hagan (first assistant, c. 1880)

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Charleston, S.C. The old Market House (188 Meeting Street)

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C

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Calhoun Street Battery at Calhoun and Concord Streets (no trace), now the SC Aquarium

Battery Augustus Smith

(aka Half-Moon #1) at Amherst and Drake Streets (no trace), and Battery James (aka Half-Moon #2) at Cooper and Drake Streets (no trace).

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Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C.

Charleston, S.C. The Citadel seen across Marion Square

Photo:Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C.