Fort Moultrie Cannon by Norman Johnson - Royalty Free and Rights Managed Licenses

Norman Johnson

Riverview, FL

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Fort Moultrie Cannon

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Norman Johnson

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One of the older cannons at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.

Fort Moultrie was in use from 1776 until 1947, 171 years, as a coastal defense to protect Charleston, South Carolina. Originally called Fort Sullivan and built of palmetto logs, it was renamed Fort Moultrie after the battle for Sullivans Island.

Col. William Moultrie, latter to become General Moultrie, took charge of Fort Sullivan on March 2, 1776. On June 28, 1776, in the battle for the United States independence, nine British warships attcked the fort. and Sullivans Island. After a day long battle, the heavily damaged warships were driven off and had to retreat. The palmetto logs used to build the fort absorbed the British shot, which sonmetimes just bounced off. The fort was renamed Fort Moultrie after the battle.

Rebuilt in 1798 after years of neglect, and destroyed by a hurrican in 1804. Rebuilt again in 1808-1809 as a brick fortification, and was maintained and upgraded until after World Was II when it was decommissioned on August 15, 1947.

Edgar Allen Poe served here and the Seminole Inidan chief Osceola died her in 1838.

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