Category Archives: Historic Photos

Editorial in The Post & Courier Commends SCV Fort Sumter Camp for Stepping Up to Steward Historic Castle Pinckney

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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 →

Three Cool Historical Visualizations Show Castle Pinckney on the Eve of the Civil War and during the War

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Using historical documents and photos, Salt Marsh Galleries has created three cool historical visualizations of Castle Pickney and combined them into one three-minute-long YouTube video.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 →

‘The Civil War Transformation of Castle Pinckney,’ The Artilleryman Magazine (Fall 2024 Issue)

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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 →

Holding CHARLESTON by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (2024)

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Finally, a great book on Castle Pinckney has been published! Holding CHARLESTON by the Bridle focuses on the history of the crescent-shaped fort, located on Shute’s Folly about a mile off Charleston’s East Battery, that precedes that of its better-known … Continue reading →