Castle Pinckney Panorama, Charleston Harbor is a piece of digital artwork by Matt Richardson which was uploaded on June 25th, 2019.
Castle Pinckney Panorama, Charleston Harbor
Built on Shutes Folly, a small island about one mile off the Charleston shore in the harbor, the fort was built over the ruins of an older... more
Title
Castle Pinckney Panorama, Charleston Harbor
Artist
Matt Richardson
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Photograph
Description
Built on Shutes Folly, a small island about one mile off the Charleston shore in the harbor, the fort was built over the ruins of an older fortification called "Fort Pinckney". The original log and earthen fort, named after the Revolutionary War hero Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, was built beginning in 1797 and was intended to protect the city from a possible naval attack when war with France seemed imminent. Completed in 1804, it saw no hostilities and was virtually destroyed by a severe hurricane in September of that year. Augmented for war with Britain it was called "Castle Pinckney" by the War of 1812 but saw no action. In 1860 the small garrison surrendered the fort to South Carolina one week after the state voted for secession. Proving too small for much use in the Civil War it became a military prison. Over the century that followed it fell into disuse until Castle Pinckney was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Now a home for thousands of terns and other migratory birds, it is gradually being reclaimed by nature.
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June 25th, 2019
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