I took the Coastal Expeditions Morris Island Beach drop tour to the island (link). From their website- “Hop aboard for a family-friendly adventure that takes you straight to the sandy shores of a wild barrier island. This tour is part boat cruise, part beach day—and all fun. Departing from Shem Creek, our naturalists and captains will guide you through the salt marsh and Charleston Harbor, sharing stories of the Lowcountry along the way. Keep your eyes peeled for bottlenose dolphins, brown pelicans, and (in summer!) gentle manatees as we cruise past iconic sights like the Ravenel Bridge, downtown Charleston, and Fort Sumter. Once we arrive on Morris Island, you’ll have plenty of time to explore, hunt for fossils and shells with a Coastal Expeditions guide, or just relax on the beach with a picnic and good company.” It’s a 30-minute ride each way on a pontoon boat and a 4-hour stay on the island. Plenty of time to get the pictures shown below. The tour departed from Shem Creek at 514 Mill Street in Mount Pleasant, SC. Even though no remnants of the fortifications on Morris Island are thought to remain, I still wanted to walk on the island that was the site of the famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863, depicted in the movie Glory.

The boat leaves from Shem Creek- for a short period of time a dock on Shem Creek was the home of the Confederate submarine the H L Hunley as depicted in the Conrad Wise Chapman painting below.

Headed to the island

Cummings Point

Walk to the jetty

The Atlantic Side south of the jetty where Fort Wagner was located.

Looking south

Interior

Looking out toward the ocean

Walking back toward the jetty

Looking out at the ocean on the way to the jetty from south to north

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The next series of videos were taken sequentially walking up the beach from south to north the same direction Union troops marched for their attack on Battery Wagner.