Color enhanced illustration of the defense of Fort Moultrie, SC in 1776. On June 28, early in the American Revolutionary War, British warships attacked the fort later named after William Moultrie who commanded the regiment that successfully defended it. T

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Color enhanced illustration of the defense of Fort Moultrie, SC in 1776. On June 28, early in the American Revolutionary War, British warships attacked the fort later named after William Moultrie who commanded the regiment that successfully defended it. The palmetto log fort absorbed the shelling from the British. Fort Moultrie was eventually captured by the British in 1780.

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