Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) hats For four hours the two

For four hours the two ships pummeled one another as thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers and civilians watched from the shorelines

disposition of POWs

by Bruce Mowday & Craig Caba

Duckling puppet measures 9-inches tall

In Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years

Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) hats For four hours the twoby W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., and Matthew A. M. Locke On the eve of the Civil War, the London Times informed its readers that Castle Pinckney has been kept garrisoned, not to protect Charleston from naval attack from the ocean, but to serve as a bridle upon the city. Located on a marshy island in the center of Charlestons magnificent harbor, the large cannons on the ramparts of this horseshoe shaped masonry fort had the ability to command downtown