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    Fort Moultrie is a series of fortifications on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The first fort...
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    Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, operated by the National Park Service. Named after American military officer Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter...
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    Several forts had been constructed in Charleston's harbor, including Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, which were not among the sites seized initially. Fort Moultrie...
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    prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor. After independence, Moultrie advanced as a politician; he was elected by...
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    Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Charleston County, in coastal South Carolina...
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    for the state's own flag. The fort was renamed Fort Moultrie, and the flag is sometimes referred to as the Fort Moultrie Flag. It is occasionally rendered...
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    Palms), near Sullivan's Island where Colonel William Moultrie commanded a partially constructed fort, in preparation for a naval bombardment and land assault...
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    the island was the site of a major battle at Fort Sullivan on June 28, 1776, since renamed Fort Moultrie in honor of the American commander at the battle...
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    The Defenders of Fort Moultrie, also commonly known as the Jasper Monument, is a monument in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Located in White...
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  • Moultrie may refer to: Moultrie (name) Moultrie, Georgia, a city Moultrie, Ohio, an unincorporated community Moultrie County, Illinois Fort Moultrie, a...
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    Moultrie is the home of former US Senator Saxby Chambliss. The city was named after Gen. William Moultrie, the Revolutionary War hero after whom Fort...
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    Osceola (category Native Americans imprisoned at Fort Marion)
    near Fort Peyton for peace talks.: 135  The United States first imprisoned him at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, then transported him to Fort Moultrie in...
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    Carolina Regiment. Jasper distinguished himself in the defense of Fort Moultrie (then called Fort Sullivan) on June 28, 1776. When a shell from a British warship...
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    William Moultrie. General Moultrie defended Sullivan's Island, South Carolina from British attack in 1776. The site was later renamed Fort Moultrie. Nearby...
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    virtually no attention. Poe's 1st Regiment of Artillery was posted to Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina, before embarking on the brig Waltham...
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    Along the center walkway in line with Church St. is The Defenders of Fort Moultrie, honoring South Carolinian soldiers during the Battle of Sullivan's...
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    the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina included construction at Fort Moultrie of: ...eleven permanent gun-platforms and breast-height walls, bonnets...
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    transported to Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island in Charleston's harbor. Uchee Billy was captured on September 10, 1837, and he died at the fort on November...
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    September 26 through September 27 due to the hurricane. In addition, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Charles Pinckney National Historic...
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    Sullivan, Illinois (category Cities in Moultrie County, Illinois)
    . Sullivan is named after Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, where Fort Moultrie is located. Sullivan was founded in 1845 as Asa's Point. Two years after...
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    transferred on 24 October 1929 to Fort Moultrie. The 3rd Battalion was inactivated on 31 October 1929 at Fort Moultrie. Company D was awarded the Edwin...
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    ironclads firing on Fort Moultrie. The historic images depict three ironclad monitors and U.S.S. New Ironsides firing on Fort Moultrie in defense of monitor...
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    Phone:883-3123 Contact. "Historic Fort Sumter Flags to Be Removed from Park Museums for Conservation - Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (U...
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    during the attack on Fort Moultrie, and she assisted in rescuing USS Lehigh when that monitor ran aground under the fire of Fort Moultrie. On 16 June 1865...
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    army troops. The fort stood about seven miles southwest of St. Augustine, on the south side of Moultrie Creek, where the Treaty of Moultrie Creek had been...
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    Castle Pinckney, the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), Fort Moultrie, and Sullivan's Island. In popular speech[citation needed] and in a...
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    His son Alfred M. Rhett commanded a battery at Fort Moultrie at the time of the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Rhett was born Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort...
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    the island declared a national historical park or added to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. In January 2005, Charleston developer...
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  • reenlistment at Fort Moultrie in 1859, Hough was assigned to Battery E of the same regiment. In January 1861, Battery E was relocated to Fort Sumter in Charleston...
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    Hopkins Cowpens National Battlefield near Chesnee Fort Moultrie National Monument at Sullivan's Island Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston Harbor...
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