Holding Charleston by the bridle Castle Pinckney and the Civil War
Castle Pinckney Biographies -- Before There was a Castle on Shute's Folly -- Building a Castle (1794-1828) -- Lynchpin of the Nullification Crisis (1829-1834) -- A Convenient Repository (1835-1859) -- Scaling Ladders (1860) -- Declaring Southern Independence (1861) -- A Prison by the Sea (1862)...
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Sprache: | eng |
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El Dorado Hills, CA
Savas Beatie LLC
2024
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Zusammenfassung: | Castle Pinckney Biographies -- Before There was a Castle on Shute's Folly -- Building a Castle (1794-1828) -- Lynchpin of the Nullification Crisis (1829-1834) -- A Convenient Repository (1835-1859) -- Scaling Ladders (1860) -- Declaring Southern Independence (1861) -- A Prison by the Sea (1862) -- Supplement 1: George Cook's Extraordinary 1861 Photographs of Castle Pinckney -- A Small Artillery Garrison (1862) -- Circles of Fire (1863) -- The Middle Ground (1863-1864) -- Lowering the Confederate Flag (1864-1865) -- Supplement 2: 1865 Photographs of the Abandoned Castle -- American Bastille (1865-1875) -- Lighthouse Depot (1876-1916) -- Holding A Hot Potato (1916 -2011) "This is the first book on the subject, from the fort's innovative design as part of America's "Second System" of coastal fortifications to the modern challenges of preserving its weathered brick walls against rising sea levels. It uses primary research and archaeological evidence to tell the full story of the Castle for the first time. Given its importance to America's history, it is a history long overdue"-- |
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Beschreibung: | xxviii, 259 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9781611217148 1611217148 |