Six Months Under The Yankee Guns In The Nursery Of Disunion: Charleston, South Carolina

From August 21, 1863 to February 18, 1865 Charleston, South Carolina was under bombardment from heavy Federal Batteries located on Morris Island. The Federal Army had landed on Morris in July of 1863 and was attempting to bring about the surrender of Charleston. The bombardment of the historic city was undertaken either to bring about the surrender of the city that saw the firing of the opening shots of the American Civil War or to lay Charleston in ruins. The purpose of this study was to write the accounts of the damage done to the city by the shelling of the first six months.