{"id":1152,"date":"2021-09-27T07:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T11:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2021-09-29T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T01:14:55","slug":"fort-sumter-and-fort-moultrie-national-historical-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/fort-sumter-and-fort-moultrie-national-historical-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park?<\/p>\n<h2>Defending Charleston Since 1776<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historic Park are named after two significant figures of the Revolutionary War from South Carolina. Today marks the anniversary of the death of one of the two, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Moultrie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Moultrie<\/a>, who died on September 27, 1805, in Charlestown, SC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In late June 1776, nine British warships attacked the sand and palmetto log fortification that Moultrie\u2019s unit was building on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sullivan%27s_Island,_South_Carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sullivan\u2019s Island<\/a>. With a few hundred soldiers and about 30 cannons, Moultrie\u2019s command bravely faced the powerful Royal Navy. The fort\u2019s palmetto log and sand walls absorbed most of the British fire and suffered little damage. After a long day of combat, the British fleet was defeated in a decisive patriot victory. A week later the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Declaration of Independence<\/a> was officially adopted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continental Congress.<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">William Moultrie had a political and military career that lasted for over forty years. He rose to the rank of Major General in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Army\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continental Army<\/a> and ultimately served two terms as Governor of South Carolina. He achieved wealth through owning a rice plantation and over 200 enslaved people. He is buried on the grounds of Fort Moultrie only a few hundred yards from the site of the battle that made him famous.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1165 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/moultries-grave-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"William Moultrie's grave\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/moultries-grave-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/moultries-grave.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Courtesy of the National Park Service<\/strong><\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">The Guardian of Charleston Harbor<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1166\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1166\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fort-moultrie.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Moutrie\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fort-moultrie.jpg 400w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fort-moultrie-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Moutrie<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Moultrie-SCHS.jpg\" alt=\"William Moultrie\" width=\"267\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Moultrie-SCHS.jpg 267w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Moultrie-SCHS-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">The &#8220;Fighting Gamecock&#8221; of the Revolution.<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1158\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1158\" class=\"wp-image-1158 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/THOMAS-SUMTER-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"THOMAS SUMTER\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/THOMAS-SUMTER-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/THOMAS-SUMTER.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THOMAS SUMTER<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lest we not forget about who is honored by Fort Sumter, but nonetheless than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Sumter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Sumter<\/a> who began as a soldier in the Virginia colony militia and later a Brigadier General in the South Carolina militia.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1154\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1154\" class=\"wp-image-1154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1s02568u.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Moultrie Sally Port at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park\" width=\"478\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1s02568u.jpg 478w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1s02568u-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Moultrie Sally Port Suffered Bombardment During the Civil War<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1156\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1156\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sally-Port-of-Fort-Moultrie-SC.jpg\" alt=\"Sally Port of Fort Moultrie, SC\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sally-Port-of-Fort-Moultrie-SC.jpg 640w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sally-Port-of-Fort-Moultrie-SC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sally-Port-of-Fort-Moultrie-SC-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current Sally Port of Fort Moultrie, SC<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-Guns-Civil-Seacoast-Cannon\/dp\/088855012X?dchild=1&amp;keywords=rodman+gun&amp;qid=1632961864&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-5&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=johnmichael0d-20&amp;linkId=c1e95b6dfbcdec5467e7cf8784db3643&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iDfFEP noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=088855012X&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=johnmichael0d-20&amp;language=en_US\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=johnmichael0d-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=088855012X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iDfFEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Guns:<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iDfFEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil War Siege, Seacoast,<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iDfFEP\">and Naval Cannon<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iDfFEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hardcover \u2013 January 1, 1997<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Post Civil War Armament<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Army modernized Fort Moultrie in the 1870s with new weapons and deep concrete bunkers. Weapons of this period included 15-inch and 10-inch\u00a0<a title=\"Rodman gun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodman_gun\">Rodman guns<\/a>\u00a0(380 and 250\u00a0mm), which were\u00a0<a title=\"Smoothbore\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smoothbore\">smoothbores<\/a>, and 8-inch\u00a0<a title=\"Rodman gun\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodman_gun#Rifled_Rodmans\">converted rifles<\/a>, lined down from 10-inch Rodmans.\u00a0 An example of a Rodman gun is below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1169\" src=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUN-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUNFORT MOULTRIE RODMAN GUN\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUN-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUN-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUN-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/john-michael.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FORT-MOULTRIE-RODMAN-GUN.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/historic-fortmyer.com\/index.php\/buy-the-book-fort-myer\/\">BUY THE BOOK<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Images of America \u2013 Fort Myer is a pictorial chronicle of the first one hundred years of history containing over two hundred photographs, maps, and images. \u00a0Beginning in the 1860s and carrying through the 1960s it provides a view<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-64 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/historic-fortmyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FORT-MYER-front-cover-cropp-210x300.gif?resize=210%2C300\" alt=\"images of america fort myer\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"64\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/historic-fortmyer.com\/?attachment_id=64\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/historic-fortmyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FORT-MYER-front-cover-cropp-210x300.gif?fit=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"210,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FORT-MYER-front-cover-cropp-210\u00d7300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/historic-fortmyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FORT-MYER-front-cover-cropp-210x300.gif?fit=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/historic-fortmyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FORT-MYER-front-cover-cropp-210x300.gif?fit=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\u00a0of what was over time.<\/p>\n<p>An autographed copy of the book can be purchased at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/historic-fortmyer.com\/index.php\/buy-the-book-fort-myer\/\">BUY\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/historic-fortmyer.com\/index.php\/buy-the-book-fort-myer\/\">TH<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/historic-fortmyer.com\/index.php\/buy-the-book-fort-myer\/\">E BOOK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=rwVoP\/ERWWI&amp;offerid=704199.10001010&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=rwVoP\/ERWWI&amp;bids=704199.10001010&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&amp;gridnum=4\" alt=\"OmahaSteaks.com, Inc.\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>OMAHA STEAKS<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/link?id=rwVoP\/ERWWI&amp;offerid=704199.66820&amp;type=2&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.omahasteaks.com%2Fproduct%2F66820%3FAID%3D1%26SRC%3DAE6055%26ITMSUF%3DHHW%26partnerid%3Dcpcs.linkshare\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.omahasteaks.com\/gifs\/big\/cmb66820.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>YUMMY \u2026\u00a0 STEAKS!!!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park? 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