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Fort Moultrie, West Fort Street & Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Charleston County, SC

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Fort Moultrie, West Fort Street & Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Charleston County, SC

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Summary

Significance: On this site, the first fort was the scene of an important victory during the American Revolution. The third and present fort played an important part in the attack on Fort Sumter which opened the Civil War.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64, FN-65, FN-66
Survey number: HABS SC-196
Building/structure dates: ca. 1776 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1807 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Moultrie, William
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Location

charleston county32.76051, -79.84376
Google Map of 32.7605064, -79.843764
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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