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Wikipedia =The College of Charleston (informally known as CofC or The College) is a public, sea-grant and space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The college was founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, making it the oldest college or university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning[2] in the United States and the ...
This cemetery, established in 1965, is located on 1308 Mathis Ferry Road, Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Charleston City or County, South Carolina. Official Website History of Charleston Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II of England. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became th...
This 3-day battle was the largest battle on Johns Island during the Civil War. In July, the Confederates still defending Charleston had control of James Island and Johns Island. The barrier islands, Folly and Morris, were under Union control. The Union forces were planning an all out attack on Charleston. Attacks were planned at 5 different locations around the Charleston area. At this time, th...
Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor. It was the site of two American Civil War battles in the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston in 1863, and it is considered the toughest beachhead defense constructed by the Confederate Army. The First Battle of Fort W...
Charleston Southern University ( CSU ) is a private Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). Charleston Southern University was chartered in 1960 and became the Baptist College of Charleston , where it offered its first classes in the education building of the First Baptist Church of North...
Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina. It was dedicated in 1850; Charles Fraser delivered the dedication address. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1978.Notable intermentsalso* TripAdvisor photos
The cemetery is located on 3903 Ashley River Road, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. Official Website Find a Grave
Charleston Air Force Base (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS, FAA LID: CHS) is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force's 628th Air Base Wing (628 ABW), a subordinate element of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). It is part of Joint Base Charleston, which combined Charleston Air Force Base w...
The cemetery is located on 7113 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Bethany Cemetery is located within the city limits of Charleston. St. Matthew's Lutheran Church opened Bethany Cemetery in 1856 after its first cemetery was filled, following several yellow fever outbreaks that devastated the immigrant German population of Charleston. Today, Bethany's beautiful 25 acres are filled with some of the finest Victorian era mortuary art in the low country. Bethany i...
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender by the United States (Union) Army , beginning the American Civil War . Following the declaration of secession by South Carolina on December 20, 1860, its authorities demanded that the Union Army abandon its facilities in Cha...
From Atlas Obscura IN A CITY WITH MANY churches and graveyards, the cemetery at the Unitarian Church stands out. Pathways here are maintained for visitors, but the plots and the grave markers have been given over to nature. Vines, shrubs, and trees grow among, around, and through the cemetery. In a picture displayed above, you can clearly see a tree taking over a gravestone. That’s how the d...
This project is for those buried in St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. The cemetery is also known as St. Philip's Churchyard and St. Philip's Graveyard . Excerpt from Traveler of Charleston Magazine : Many prominent people are buried in the graveyard, which is divided into two parts. The western yard was initially set aside for the burial of “strangers and tr...
Wikipedia =The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opened in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824 as a small private college for the training of physicians. It is one of the oldest continually operating schools of medicine in the United States and the oldest in the Deep South. The school's main building was designed by Charleston architect Albert W. Todd.The school has expanded into a sta...
This project is for those buried in St. Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. Adjacent to historic St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, in Charleston, South Carolina is the final resting place of some famous historical figures, including two signers of the Constitution of the United States. The church was established in 1751 as the second ...
June of 1864, the Confederate Army imprisoned five generals and forty-five Union Army officers as human shields against federal artillery in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, in an attempt to stop Union artillery from firing upon the city. In retaliation, United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton ordered fifty captured Confederate officers, of similar ranks, to be taken to Morris Is...