“Big Red” flew over Castle Pinckney for The Citadel’s homecoming football game against Chattanooga on November 9th, thanks to one determined Bulldog!The Stray Dog Society held its 12th Annual Big Red Flag Raising Cruise to the historic fort in Charleston … Continue reading
Smoke billowed from Castle Pinckney early Saturday afternoon on November 2nd, confounding some locals in Charleston and plenty of boaters in the harbor. In fact, the U.S. Coast Guard dispatched a vessel and a helicopter to investigate.But all is well.Castle … Continue reading
Engraving of Castle Pinckney published in Harper’s Weekly on Jan. 26, 1861, and then colored. Reprinted courtesy of the NYPL Digital Collections. The first three paragraphs of the editorial published on Oct. 2, 2024, and a link to the entire … Continue reading
Using historical documents and photos, Salt Marsh Galleries has created three cool historical visualizations of Castle Pickney and combined them into one three-minute-long YouTube video. The first segment of the visualization shows the fort on the eve of the Civil … Continue reading
A new article, “Civil War Transformation of Castle Pinckney,” was recently published in the fall issue of The Artilleryman Magazine (Vol. 45, No. 4). The article was written by W. Clifford Roberts, Jr. and Matthew A.M. Locke, who recently published … Continue reading
The six-member scientific team that launched a study in April of coastal birds residing in and near Charleston Harbor ─ including Castle Pinckney ─ completed its field work late July. This is the second and final update since the project … Continue reading
The four-month-long project launched in April to study coastal birds residing in and near Charleston Harbor ─ including Castle Pinckney ─ is “progressing on schedule” toward its midway point, according to Dr. Patrick Jodice, who is leading the project’s team … Continue reading
First Confederate National Flag, called the “Stars and Bars” South Carolina and four other states in the South commemorated Confederate Memorial Day on May 10th. While many South Carolinians will participate in events to observe the annual state holiday on … Continue reading
A team of six scientists is participating in a four-month-long project to study coastal birds residing in and near Charleston Harbor, including Eastern Brown Pelicans and American Oystercatchers at the Castle Pinckney site. The project began in April and will … Continue reading