Comments on: More on Pinckney

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:04:18 +0000

Look in wikipedia encyclopedia; you will find more pictures and info about who built it and why. It was originally odered by george washington,because the colonies need a fort at Charleston. He was visiting and noticed 2 British ships docked there. He orderd it to be built and C.C. Pinckney built it.

By: Recent Reads « Bull Runnings

Recent Reads « Bull Runnings — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:46:07 +0000

[...] I finished Drew Gilpin Faust’s This Republic of Suffering over the weekend. You’ve already heard plenty about this book – it has received more press coverage than any non-Lincoln Civil War book that I can recall over that past 15-20 years. It’s well worth your time but is pretty gloomy. On a Bull Run note, Faust recounts the journey of the dead of the City of Charleston from the field to burial in the city’s Magnolia Cemetery, which gives me something else to look for next the next time I’m in town (I also need to track down the spot in the cemetery where the single Bull Run prisoner to die in Castle Pinckney was buried, according to Orlando Willcox (see here). [...]

By: A Few Charleston Civil War Sites « Bull Runnings

A Few Charleston Civil War Sites « Bull Runnings — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:52:19 +0000

[...] worked in a sea tour of Castle Pinckney, where Bull Run prisoners were briefly held (see here and here). Below are three views, including a close up of the overgrown interior. Note the curved wall [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:52:17 +0000

Thanks for taking up the Pinckney cause. I wish that the Post and Courier would “post” (sorry had to throw that pun out) the pictures with the articles. There were two nice, up close pictures of the structure current day. There is so much fill in it now that the rear sallyport is only half as tall as it should be.