What are all of the bunkers on Sullivan’s Island?
How much damage did Hurricane Hugo do to the fort in 1989? The Fort Sumter dock had to be replaced, and its cannons sat in seven to eight feet of salt water in the parade ground. It was very messy, but no serious structural damage occurred. At Fort Moultrie, the wooden flagpole was broken. Back to top. Why are most of the gun embrasures bricked in at Fort Sumter? During construction of Battery Huger fill was brought in and the old fort turned into an earthwork. The embrasures were bricked in to keep the fill from falling out. Back to top. When and why was Battery Huger built? Named for South Carolina Revolutionary War Brigadier General Isaac Huger, Battery Huger was built in 1898-99 in response to the Spanish-American War. An “Endicott” gun battery it is one of a series of concrete fortifications built on US coastlines in the 1890s to 1905, The name comes from Secretary of War William C. Endicott. Why is it painted black? To resemble the battery’s first paint job of the early 1900’s wh
