Shots heard 'round the world fired near Charleston

The Post and Courier ^ | Saturday, June 28, 2008 | By R.L. SCHREADLEY

[PeaRidge]

This is Carolina Day, the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sullivan. If you are not a native of South Carolinian (and possibly even if you are), you likely have never heard of Fort Sullivan and the significance of this day.

Most American school children have heard stirring stories of the battles of Concord Bridge and Lexington Green, relatively minor skirmishes fought by the Minutemen of Revolutionary lore. These were fought in April 1775, and at Concord Bridge was fired the "shot heard 'round the world." But it was at an unfinished, palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island where the cannon shots heard 'round the world were fired. There, 425 Americans fought off a British invasion fleet of 20 ships, foiling an early attempt to occupy Charleston, then the largest and most important city in the colonies south of Philadelphia.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks to george76 for the ping.

'Sfunny, I was going to post a thread about this when I saw your ping. As I have mentioned before, the RevWar in the South has, IMO, gotten short shrift for several reasons, not the least being that the battles The General took part in have traditionally gotten more ink. The only battle in the Southland that he was at was Yorktown. Otherwise, the rest were in the North (e.g., Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth).

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[CodeToad]

“I do not remember the last time I saw a war special that wasn’t about WWII or the Civil War. “

The History Channel has been running the multipart “The Revolution” for months.

[kjenerette]

The National and State Flag of South Carolina

The Jenerette family has a long history of service to South Carolina and to the nation, from the American Revolution thru the Persian Gulf War. Our flag's history is an important part of our family and our heritiage
ELIAS JEANERETTE is listed on the roster of American troops who served during the Revolutionary War at Fort Sullivan, which was later re-named Fort Moultrie. He enlisted in Georgetown in 1776 and was a Sergeant in the 4th South Carolina Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Col Beekman, in the Company of Capt James Mitchell. Elias was later wounded in the battle of Stono, and was taken as a prisoner of war when Charleston was captured by the British in May 1780. The father of twenty-six children, Elias died in 1833 in North Carolina.

Samuel Thomas Jenerette, Elias and Margaret's youngest son, served in the Confederate Army during the War of Southern Independence in Company "B" Manigault's Battalion of South Carolina Artillery and Samuel's oldest son, Wilson, who served with the 14th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry was captured by the Federals in battle and died in Point Lookout prisoner of war camp in Maryland on September 8, 1862. Wilson was 16 years-old when he enlisted; he was born in Horry County April 11, 1845.

The history of South Carolina's flag
Colonel William Moultrie was asked by the Revolutionary Council of Safety in the fall of 1775 to design a flag for the use of South Carolina troops in preparation for the hostilities with England. He chose a blue that was the color of the Carolina soldiers uniforms and a crescent moon that matched the emblem worn on the front of their caps.

On March 26, 1776 in Charleston, the Second Provincial Congress of South Carolina set up an independent government, ending British rule in the colony and elected John Rutledge as President. It reconvened the same day as the South Carolina General Assembly.

Years later, on December 20, 1860, when South Carolina again declared its right of Independence, this time from the Federal Union, a national flag was needed. The General Assembly considered a wide range of designs and on January 28, 1861 added the palmetto tree to Col. Moultrie's original Revolutionary War flag. The tree symbolized the colonial victory of Sullivan's Island palmetto-log fort against the British in June 1776 and the new design became the National Flag of the Republic of South Carolina.

The 21st Century
Van Jenerette, Major, Infantry, U.S.Army(Ret); is Samuel Thomas Jenerette's great-great-grandson. Van and Katherine's youngest child is named Wilson Jenerette. Katherine Jenerette is a U.S. Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War Operation Desert Storm. She currently is a Commissioned Officer serving in the U.S. Army Reserve and is an Army Paratrooper. She is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Airborne school at Ft. Benning, Georgia and is assigned to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. and was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress, 1st Congressional District, South Carolina in the 2008 primary elections.

[Pontiac]

I am having my 14 year old son watch it this summer and write a report on each episode.

Way to go!

Either you have an extraordinary son or you are an extraordinary parent.

Getting a teenager to do scholarly work like that at all and particularly in the summer is remarkable. You have my utmost respect.

[uglybiker]

Oh nooooo!

That shot happened on a mo'nin' in April o' eigtheen an' sixty-one! When a group o' fine, fine young suthuhn gentlemen, stationed at Fote Mooltrie, loaded up dey howitzahs an' commenced ta open fiah at th' Yankee devils occupyin' Fote Sumptah in th' middle o' Chaaaastin Habbah! Thus commencin' the fuhst battle in what became known as 'Th' Wah of Nawthuhn Aggrissin'!

[Pontiac]

And a truly fine job of dumbing down is what they have done!

Young people who know nothing of the history of the country may be expected to vote for Obamalamadingdong because they have no way of knowing better.

I have long suspected that institutionalizing ignorance is a strategy of the left to easy the country down the road to ever deepening socialism.

But on the other hand education majors are typically failed science and engineering majors (or other more academically rigorous majors). The rest are those looking for an easy job that makes decent buck with summers off and a government pension.

So I do have to wonder as to the future of this country.

[kalee]

For some reason, when I read your post I heard James Carville’s voice. YIKES! lol

[PISANO]

I believe a majority of our HS grads believe we lost the Revolutionary War and that our enemy was North Vietnam.

[uglybiker]

Actually, I pattern it after Ernest Hollings.

Or, ahem..."Uhnist Hollins: Youuuu-nited Stits Senatah!"

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Historians note the courage and marksmanship of the defenders at Fort Sullivan. The steadfastness of Gov. John Rutledge and Col. William Moultrie in the face of such daunting odds was remarkable.

The John Rutledge house in Charleston as it stands today...

[RipSawyer]

I have long suspected that institutionalizing ignorance is a strategy of the left to easy the country down the road to ever deepening socialism.
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No doubt about it, it is an accomplished fact at this point. Those who DO study history are fed the marxist version of American history bearing little resemblance to the facts.

[upchuck]

Nice, and very true rant.

[upchuck]

I believe a majority of our HS grads believe we lost the Revolutionary War...

I believe a majority of our HS grads know nothing about the Revolutionary War!

[Conan the Librarian]

I recommend reading the book “The Southern Strategy” by a buddy of mine named David K. Wilson. It is a great history of the Revolution in the South from the start until the fall of Charleston. I am hoping that he writes about what happened next soon.

Any old board wargamers might be interested in “Savannah 1779” and “Guilford/Eutaw Springs” from GMT. Same time period as the fall of Charleston (within a year anyway).

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[MissEdie]

That’s why the Palmetto Tree is in the SC state flag.

[dixie sass]

Duhhhhhhhhh, I mean to say Sgt. Jasper? Ft. Moultrie WAS Ft. Sullivan. The SC flag is based on the battle. Before the tourists discovered it and the park service took over, we played there. Oceola died there. I guess what I trying to say is this - we grew up knowing about this fort and it’s history before we were taught about it in school.

[dixie sass]

THE PATRIOT was not meant to be a true story. The main characters was based on three very different historical figures, Francis Marion being on of them. Also the major battle, while not accurate was based on the Battle of Cowpens. The two main british antagonists were based on Bloody Tarleton and I can’t remember the other. Most movies and books take events and people and base characters and actions on them.

The movie was good and interested a lot of people in South Carolina, the Revolution in the southern states. For your information, one of the best movies that Disney made was based on the capture of Charleston and Francis Marion. It was called, I believe, the Swamp Fox.

[dixie sass]

Oh, of course, lets redirect everything to the North. Bull! If it hadn’t been for the battles fought in SC, Cornwallis might have won. It was the southern states and the battles fought there that saved this country. Also the first president was a South Carolinian. A Virginian was the one who gave us the Bill of Rights or rather the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution. The Constitution was written by a majority of Southerners. Shocked?

[Paisan]

Oh, of course, lets redirect everything to the North. Bull!

Indeed Suh! ‘Twas the Northerners who first had the gumption to DO SOMETHING against the British. The brave Minutemen who stood their ground at Concord’s old North Bridge in April of ‘75 are the first real and true American patriots. You sully their good name and deeds with these ‘sectional’ implications.