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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2340421, member: 19165&quot;]When/why did they choose to go with Ft. Moultrie instead of Ft. Sumter? I&#039;m guessing the PC-Police have run amok again.... Oh no! Ft. Sumter was important for the Civil War! We can&#039;t have that!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the joke&#039;s on them.... Ft. Moultrie was the first to be seized by the Confederates, who used it to bombard the Union troops stationed in Fort Sumter. Or maybe the Union continues to refuse to admit defeat in the first battle of the War of Northern aggression? </p><p><br /></p><p>As a Charlestonian, I can appreciate the history of both <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the view of the remnants of Ft. Sumter from the battlements of Ft. Moultrie: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]475518[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the view the Confederates would have had as they lobbed cannonballs onto the Union soldiers: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]475517[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>It makes for an impressive and intimidating presence, no? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]475519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Inside the fort today: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]475520[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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