South Carolina
FORT SUMTER - Where the Civil War began!
It was a windy day, but we must go on! Taking a shuttle boat to the man-made island where Fort Sumter is still located till this day, we weathered the wind and the cold and headed to explore history. It was an amazing trip. It was even more amazing to think about the facts about how this event, this place, and this time in history changed the course of the Nation. As hard as the Union tried, they could not re-conquer Fort Sumter from the Confederate and the Confederates in turn enabled Charleston to avoid the Union blockades. It surely makes one wonder if the Confederates had the man-power that the Union had at that time, would they have won the Civil War?
Interesting... hmmm
It was a windy day, but we must go on! Taking a shuttle boat to the man-made island where Fort Sumter is still located till this day, we weathered the wind and the cold and headed to explore history. It was an amazing trip. It was even more amazing to think about the facts about how this event, this place, and this time in history changed the course of the Nation. As hard as the Union tried, they could not re-conquer Fort Sumter from the Confederate and the Confederates in turn enabled Charleston to avoid the Union blockades. It surely makes one wonder if the Confederates had the man-power that the Union had at that time, would they have won the Civil War?
Interesting... hmmm
CHARLESTON MUSEUM - We took a shuttle to Charleston and walked around this amazing city. After taking the boat ride to Fort Sumter, we found the Charleston Museum where we again lingered so long that we closed another museum. This was the home of the first submarine that sank an enemy ship. The CSA H.L. Hunley, armed with a spar-mounted torpedo, sank the Federal blockading vessel Housatonic the night of February 17, 1864. The submarine never came back to port! The below model was built according to the limited historical information available at that time. The Hunley was thought to be forever lost, but she was found in 1995 and raised in August 2000.
JAMES ISLAND - We have been really lucky in our travels, we've always been able to find some interesting out of the way place to spend the night. These Christmas light displays were another one of those lucky finds.
We were tired and we found this amazing county park in James Island, SC. It so happened that the day we stayed was the last day of their Xmas Light Tour and what an amazing tour it was.
Above are just a few snapshots from their 7000 lights displayed, sponsored by local industries and the Corps of Engineers.
We were tired and we found this amazing county park in James Island, SC. It so happened that the day we stayed was the last day of their Xmas Light Tour and what an amazing tour it was.
Above are just a few snapshots from their 7000 lights displayed, sponsored by local industries and the Corps of Engineers.