Dan Weemhoff (dwhike)  > Places > Charleston & Beaufort, SC (1-13 & 14-06)
A quick trip my family and I took in January '06. We visited 3 lighthouses (Charleston, Morris Island, Hunting Island), Ft. Moultrie, and toured the historic downtowns of Charleston and Beaufort. We just scratched the surface of these two towns which are two of the most beautiful towns I've visited in the southeast...
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Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Ft. Sumter View - The view of Sumter from the walls of Ft. Moultrie. In 1860, after South Carolina seceded, the garrison at Moultrie abandoned the fort and fled to Ft. Sumter.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Confederate 32-pounder - These guns represent the newer rifled 32-pound guns used by the Confederates during their occupation of the fort during the Civil War.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Cannon Lift - Inside the pre-Civil War section of the fort is this display of how cannons used to be lifted up onto the walls.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - 1870's Cannon - These cannon defended the fort from 1873-1898.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Battery Bingham & McCorkle - This area represents the 1898-1939 period at Ft. Moultrie.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Battery Bingham Cannon
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - WW2 Harbor Entrance Control Post - During World War 2 the Command Post at Ft. Moultrie controlled the defenses of Charleston Harbor.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Interior - The view of the forts interior from atop the WW2 Control Tower.
Dan Weemhoff (dwhike) > Fort Moultrie - Wall - There are many places where you can walk inside the walls of the fort. The walls of the fort contain numerous magazines to supply the cannon above.
Fort Moultrie - Ft. Sumter View - The view of Sumter from the walls of Ft. Moultrie. In 1860, after South Carolina seceded, the garrison at Moultrie abandoned the fort and fled to Ft. Sumter.
 > Fort Moultrie - Ft. Sumter View - The view of Sumter from the walls of Ft. Moultrie. In 1860, after South Carolina seceded, the garrison at Moultrie abandoned the fort and fled to Ft. Sumter.
Fort Moultrie - Ft. Sumter View - The view of Sumter from the walls of Ft. Moultrie. In 1860, after South Carolina seceded, the garrison at Moultrie abandoned the fort and fled to Ft. Sumter.
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