Defending South Carolina's Coast - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defending South Carolina's Coast write by Rick Simmons. This book was released on 2015-10-19. Defending South Carolina's Coast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River, area native Rick Simmons relates the often overlooked stories of the upper South Carolina coast during the Civil War. As a base of operations for more than three thousand troops early in the war and the site of more than a dozen forts, almost every inch of the coast was affected by and hotly contested during the Civil War. From the skirmishes at Fort Randall in Little River and the repeated Union naval bombardments of Murrells Inlet to the unrealized potential of the massive fortifications at Battery White and the sinking of the USS Harvest Moon in Winyah Bay, the region's colorful Civil War history is unfolded here at last.
Defending South Carolina: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River
Defending South Carolina: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defending South Carolina: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River write by Rick Simmons. This book was released on 2009-09. Defending South Carolina: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River, area native Rick Simmons relates the often overlooked stories of the upper South Carolina coast during the Civil War. As a base of operations for more than three thousand troops early in the war and the site of more than a dozen forts, almost every inch of the coast was affected by and hotly contested during the Civil War. From the skirmishes at Fort Randall in Little River and the repeated Union naval bombardments of Murrells Inlet to the unrealized potential of the massive fortifications at Battery White and the sinking of the USS Harvest Moon in Winyah Bay, the region's colorful Civil War history is unfolded here at last.
Georgetown's North Island
Georgetown's North Island - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Georgetown's North Island write by Robert McAlister. This book was released on 2015-05-11. Georgetown's North Island available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North Island has always been the beacon from the sea leading toward Georgetown, South Carolina. It was an island of exploration for the Spanish in 1526 and the first landing place of Lafayette, France's hero of the American Revolution, in 1777. It was a summer resort for aristocratic rice planters and their slaves from Georgetown and Waccamaw Neck until 1861. North Island's lighthouse, built in 1812, led thousands of sailing ships from all over the world past massive stone jetties and through Winyah Bay to Georgetown. Today, North Island is a sanctuary and laboratory for the study of nature's effects on this unique barrier island. Join historian Robert McAlister as he recounts the island's storied past.
The Civil War at Perryville
The Civil War at Perryville - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Civil War at Perryville write by Christopher L Kolakowski. This book was released on 2017-05-29. The Civil War at Perryville available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive history of the bloody Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, featuring over sixty historic images and maps. Desperate to seize control of Union-held Kentucky, a border state, the Confederate army launched an invasion into the commonwealth in the fall of 1862. The incursion viciously culminated at an otherwise quiet Bluegrass crossroads and forever altered the landscape of the war. The Battle of Perryville lasted just one day yet produced nearly eight thousand combined casualties and losses, and some say nary a victor. The Rebel army was forced to retreat, and the United States kept its imperative grasp on Kentucky throughout the war. Famous Confederate diarist Sam Watkins, whose Company Aytch journals were featured as a major narrative thread in Ken Burns’ award-winning Civil War documentary series, declared Perryville the hardest fighting that he experienced. Indeed, history would record that Perryville the second bloodiest battle of the Western Theater after Shiloh. Few know this hallowed ground like Christopher L. Kolakowski, former director of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, who draws on letters, reports, memoirs and other primary sources to offer the most accessible and engaging account of the Kentucky Campaign yet, featuring over sixty historic images and maps.
Hidden History of the Grand Strand
Hidden History of the Grand Strand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hidden History of the Grand Strand write by Rick Simmons. This book was released on 2010-07-25. Hidden History of the Grand Strand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Join author Dr. Rick Simmons as he recalls the hidden history and legends of The Grand Strand in South Carolina. Though today South Carolina's Grand Strand is known primarily for tourism, Hidden History of the Grand Strand examines the area's often-overlooked stories spanning more than five hundred years, from the lost Spanish flagship Capitana in 1526 to the German U-boats that reportedly roamed the Intracoastal Waterway with the help of local collaborators during World War II. Along the way, learn about the hidden history of the now-vanished villages of La Grange and Lafayette, the great canal on North Island and the wrecks of the Freeda A. Wyley, the USS Harvest Moon and the City of Richmond, as well as the real stories behind the legends of Old Gunn Church, the illegal casino at the Ocean Forest Hotel, the U-boat pens on the Waccamaw River and Drunken Jack Island. This work presents a unique look at the area, its history and the legends that enthrall visitors to this day.
