Stop 1- The Old Slave Market- 6 Chalmers Street. Slaves were auctioned here. It was turned into a museum in 1938.

Stop 2- Bible Depository- 29 Chalmers Street. This organization raised money for the Confederate war effort.

Stop 3- Mills House Hotel- 115 Meeting Street. At one time served as Beauregard’s headquarters. In December 1861 General Robert E. Lee stood on the balcony and watched the Great Fire of 1861.

Stop 4- Beauregard’s Headquarters- 114 Broad Street. Beauregard’s headquarters from August to December of 1863. Jefferson Davis visited here in November 1863.

Stop 5- Cathedral of St. John the Baptist- 122 Broad Street. The original church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1861. The current church was built in 1907.

Stop 6- Valk House- 125 Broad Street. Charles R. Valk fought for the Confederacy.

Stop 7- Alfred Huger Home- 140 Broad Street. Home of the first postmaster of the Confederacy. The original home burnt during to the Great Fire and was rebuilt.

Stop 8- St. John’s Lutheran Church- 10 Archdale Street. Church records were sent to Columbia for safekeeping but were destroyed when Columbia burned in February 1865. The pastor Dr. John Bachman supported the Union.

Stop 9- The Old Jail- 29 Magazine Street. Soldiers from the 54th MA captured at Fort Wagner were held here for 18 months. When Charleston was evacuated during Sherman’s march through the state they were sent to the prison in Florence, SC. Union prisoners transferred from Andersonville were held here in 1864.

Stop 10- Jacob Francis House- 25 Archdale Street. Jacob Francis was a blockade runner. He built this house after the war in 1886.

Stop 11- Circular Congregational Church- 150 Meeting Street. The original church was destroyed by the Great Fire and was rebuilt in 1892. David Ramsay is buried in the churchyard cemetery. He commanded a company of the Charleston Battalion on James Island. He was mortally wounded during the assault on Fort Wagner. Ramsay was leading a counterattack on the southeast bastion when he was shot in the back by friendly fire. He died in his home on August 4, 1863.

Stop 12- French Protestant Church- 140 Church Street. The church suffered heavy damage from Union shelling.

Stop 13- St. Philip’s Episcopal Church- 147 Church Street. The steeple of this church was also painted black during the war to try and disguise it from Union cannoneers. It was used as a Confederate observation post. John C. Calhoun is buried here.

Stop 14- Powder Magazine- 79 Cumberland Street. The building was used as a wine cellar during the Civil War.

Stop 15- The United States Customs House- 200 East Bay Street. Construction was started before the war but was not completed until after the war. It is the largest stone building in Charleston. At one time the great hall was open to the public but that was not the case on several of my visits to the city.