This series of posts is mostly based on the chapters in David D’Arcy’s excellent book- Civil War Tour of Charleston (image of the cover shown below). In some chapters, individual stops got their own post because, otherwise, the number of pictures would have been too large. It is illustrated with over one hundred color images that helped identify individual buildings. Charleston and its surrounding area have a tremendous amount of history related to both the Civil War and Revolutionary War. The city was founded in 1670 and was attacked twice during the Revolutionary War. It was occupied in 1780. Its population in 1860 was 40,522. Charleston suffered through a siege for 587 days, the longest in American history. A fire in December of 1861 destroyed and damaged about a hundred buildings. During Sherman’s march through the state the city was evacuated in February of 1865.
There is a parking lot associated with the Visitor Center, the Charleston Museum, and the Hunley Museum. All three of these sites have public restrooms. See the picture below for a guide to public parking garages and restrooms in the city.
Section 1- Touring by Foot
Chapter 1- Charleston’s Soldiers and Politicians
Stop 11- The Charleston Museum
Chapter 2- The Battery
Stop 1- White Point Gardens
Stop 10- Charleston City Hall
Stop 11- St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Chapter 3- The Peninsula
Stop 7- The Old Exchange Building
Chapter 4- The Churches of Charleston
Chapter 5- The Market
Stop 1- The Museum at Market Hall
Chapter 6- Charleston’s Patriots
Chapter 7- Prisons and Hospitals
Section 2- Touring by Car
Chapter 8- The Hunley and Charleston Cemeteries
Stop 2- The Hunley at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center
Chapter 9- Mount Pleasant/Sullivan’s Island
Stop 1- Fort Moultrie- The Fort, The Visitor Center
Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter and the photographs of George S. Cook
The Sullivan’s Island Defensive Line
Shipwrecks off Sullivan’s Island
Why are the Morris Island and Sullivan’s Island Shoreline Changing?
Chapter 10- Ashley River Plantations
Stop 2- The Citadel
Chapter 11- James Island
Stop 4- Battle of Secessionville- Part 1 and Part 2
Other Sites on James Island and in Charleston
Section 3- Touring Charleston by Ferry
Chapter 12- Charleston Harbor
Castle Pinckney– Castle Pinckney was covered in a previous post at the link. It is privately owned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans Fort Sumter Camp #1269.
Stealing of the CSS Planter– this was covered in a previous post about Robert Smalls.
Fort Sumter- Fort Sumter was covered in two previous posts- Fort Sumter Getting There, and Fort Sumter.
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