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All we got was a horrible Mel Gibson movie that was full of historical errors.
Must have been an ancestor of John F'n Kerry. I wonder if he also got a purple heart for this?
the palmetto logs used in the walls of the fort were so spongey, they absorbed the shock of the cannonballs during the bombardment.
No, they haven't. :(
My childhood home, I grew up right next to the fort and lived there 10 years.
One of my favorite places in the world, though I haven’t been there in 8 years.
Saw a very small house listed there for 800k recently, most homes there are in the 1.5-3+ million dollar range now.
Thanks for posting!
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.
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'!
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).
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.
Second Carolina’s Colors
A poem of Colonel Moultrie, Francis Marion, Sergeant William Jasper, the Second South Carolina Regiment, and the Colors that led them into battle.
Then a chance shot hit the flagstaff, and the flag began to fall;
William Jasper saw it, and to Francis Marion called,
“I’ll get them, Captain; cover me,” he shouted o’er the battle sound;
“Second Carolina’s Colors must not lie upon the ground.”
He climbed upon the parapet and scrambled down its length;
Then lifted up the flagpole using all his strength;
And tied the colors to a sponge staff and lifted them up high;
And Second Carolina’s Colors, waved proudly ‘gainst the sky.
He tipped his hat in mock salute, as he turned to face the ships;
“Hip, Hip, Huzzah,” thrice repeated, roared from Jasper’s lips;
Then he dropped down behind the ramparts, to fire a round or two;
As o’er the fort, for all to see, Second Carolina’s Colors flew.
The British ships came sailing by, firing broadsides stem to stern,
But each was receiving fire, from Sullivan’s Island in return;
And when the Brits had turned to run, and sail for friendlier seas,
Second Carolina’s Colors still flew defiantly in the breeze.
A hundred battles later, and a hundred miles away;
Marion and his men were near Savannah, come to save the day;
General Lincoln gave the briefing; attack Spring Hill Redoubt;
Five columns in assault; Second Carolina’s Colors leading out.
Now Marion didn’t like it; He could see a trap was laid;
But he’d obey his orders, though a price in blood be paid;
And his men would follow Marion, wherever he would lead,
And tales of Second Carolina’s Colors could never match the deed.
Spring Hill was thrice defended, because their plan had been betrayed;
Still, this was Second Carolina and the sacrifice was made;
They broke the British line, with a fearsome battle shout,
And planted Second Carolina’s Colors on Spring Hill Redoubt.
Just when it seemed they had the vict’ry; Brit defenses they did quell;
Came Maitland’s Seventy-first Highlanders, sounding pipes from hell;
Fresh British reinforcements, attacking men half dead;
Second Carolina’s Colors stood in puddles, of blood already shed.
The attack was truly hopeless, and Marion had to call retreat;
His men were dead and dying but would ne’er admit defeat
“You save the men; I’ll get the Colors.” Jasper’s final words and final hope;
But Second Carolina’s Colors were made Holy, by blood spilt on Spring Hill’s slope.
Like a body in a casket, is not the person that we knew;
So the cloth in Britain’s trophy room, is not the flag we flew;
And as Jasper’s spirit soared to heaven, for he’d earned the martyr’s fate;
He bore Second Carolina’s Colors to fly o’er the Pearly Gates.
Most American school children have not heard stirring stories of the battles of Concord Bridge and Lexington Green because their communazi public school teacher's agenda does not permit it. Whether these "minor skirmishes" are really minor is a matter of debate. In the very least, they helped convince English Citizens that they could stand up to the Empire forces.