A view from Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Mark Thornberry

Sullivan’s Island

Fort Sullivan, Fort Moultrie

Today, Fort Moultrie and the surrounding batteries on the southern tip of Sullivan’s Island are open to the public and present a fascinating story to the public of how citizens of Charleston responded to the war in the early days of the American Revolution. 

Related Battles

Charleston County, SC | June 28, 1776
Result: American Victory
Estimated Casualties
257
American
37
British
220
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