(side 1)
This site once belonged to Hunter's Volunteers, an African American militia est. on James Island by 1877. Part of the S.C. National Guard, the unit kept an enlistment of 30-40 men tasked with helping preserve civil order. Most . . . — — Map (db m219423) HM
(Front text)
This four-gun Confederate artillery battery was one of several earthworks built on the southeastern shore of James Island in the summer of 1863. Built between Battery Simkins and Battery Haskell, this battery was named for . . . — — Map (db m29773) HM
(Front text) This two-gun Confederate artillery battery and magazine is all that remains of Battery Haskell, a large fortification built on Legare’s Point in 1863 to help defend James and Morris Islands. This two-gun battery was just behind . . . — — Map (db m39708) HM
The George D. Grice
Marine Biological
Laboratory
In grateful appreciation
of his forsight and tireless
efforts which resulted in the
establishment of this center
for the study of and research
in Marine Biology, the . . . — — Map (db m58758) HM
The Marshlands House was built by
John Ball on his Cooper River rice
plantation. In 1901 Marshlands was
sold to the U,S. Navy for the shipyard.
Threatened with demolition, the home was
barged to its present location in 1961.
The Federalist . . . — — Map (db m30630) HM
(Front) Redoubt Number 3, built here in 1861-62, was one of six identical Confederate earthworks built across the enter of James Island, known collectively as the East Lines. Intended to help defend Charleston from Federal attacks up the . . . — — Map (db m30586) HM
The Battle of Secessionville, fought here on 16 June 1862, broke the Union advance through James Island against Charleston and was the most significant battle of the Civil War in South Carolina. Confederate troops under Col. Thomas G. Lamar . . . — — Map (db m29563) HM
Site of
Fort Johnson
In 1776
Prior to the battle of Sullivan's Island
General William Moultrie here raised
The First Flag of Liberty
This building was a unit of the fort.
(Emblem: D.A.R.)
Placed by Rebecca Motte Chapter . . . — — Map (db m241938) HM
1861 - 1961
At half past four on the morning
of April 12, 1861, from a mortar near
this spot on Fort Johnson, the first
shot of the War of Secession was fired,
by order of Captain George S. James of
the Confederate States Army.
The . . . — — Map (db m29958) HM
This was one of several Confederate earthworks constructed on the southwest portion of James Island in the summer of 1863. It was a significant part of the “New Line” or “Siege Line” intended to defend Charleston from Federal attacks up the Stono . . . — — Map (db m30551) HM
(Front text) Riversville
Riversville, an antebellum village of fourteen acres, with seven lots on Savannah (later Secessionville) Creek, was established here in 1851 by Constant H. Rivers (1829-1910), who believed that the sandy soils . . . — — Map (db m29586) HM
