The Confederate Nation: 1861 To 1865 - Plot & Excerpts
The city of Charleston occupies a V shaped peninsula formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Because the south Atlantic coastline is geologically advancing into the ocean, a torso-shaped body of water separates the city from the sea. Charleston Harbor is enclosed by lowlying mainland, marsh-covered islands, and sandy spits. At the “neck” of the harbor, Charleston’s channel to the Atlantic, Sullivan Island to the north and Morris Island to the south arch toward each other like collar bones and define irregular curves in the harbor shoreline behind them. Rising from the water, between the tips of Sullivan and Morris Islands lies a manmade blemish on the harbor body. At roughly the position of a geographical sternum is Fort Sumter. When South Carolina left the Union, Sumter was unfinished; when completed the fort would dominate the entrance of Charleston Harbor and effectively control access to the port city from the sea. Supporting Sumter were other fortifications clustered about the harbor entrance.
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