Charleston Destroyed by the Yankees Who Rebuilt Charleston South Carolina?

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Posted : September 16, 2020

Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America.

The first shots against the Federal government were those fired thereby cadets of the Citadel to stop a ship from resupplying the Federally held Ft. Sumter. Three months later, the bombardment of Fort Sumter triggered a massive call for Federal troops to put down the rebellion.

Although the city and its surrounding fortifications were repeatedly targeted by the Union Army and Navy, Charleston did not fall to Federal forces until the last months of the war.

In 1863, the Union began an offensive campaign against the defenses of Charleston Harbor, beginning with a combined sea-land engagement. The naval bombardment accomplished little, however, and the land forces were never put ashore.

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By the summer of 1863, the Union turned its attention to Battery Wagner on Morris Island, which guarded the harbor entrance against the southwest. In the First and Second battles of Fort Wagner, Union forces suffered heavy losses in a failed attempt to capture the fort. A siege however resulted in Confederate abandonment of Fort Wagner by September of that year.

An attempt to recapture Fort Sumter by a naval raiding party also failed badly, but Ft. Sumter was gradually reduced to rubble via bombardment from shore batteries, after the capture of Morris Island.

Charleston was the leading city in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War The city grew wealthy through the export of rice and, later, sea island cotton and it was the base for many wealthy merchants and landowners. … Beginning during World War II, Charleston became a major naval base.

Charleston Civil War Destruction Pictures Black and White Charleston, SC Pictures of how the Union, The North, The Yankees lead by General Sherman completely and intentionally made the city suffer: