This 1866 illustration shows a sand-bag battery at Fort Moultrie. During the first battle of the Civil War (April 12-13, 1861), Confederates at Fort Moultrie fired on Union troops in Fort Sumter. Confederate forces successfully used both forts to protect Charleston from a combined Union navy and army siege from 1863 to 1865. Though heavily damaged by Union bombardments during the Civil War, Fort Moultrie played a key role in the Confederate defense of Charleston harbor.

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Keywords: 1800s, 1860s, 1861, 19th, battery, century, charleston, civil, confederacy, confederate, fort, moultrie, sandbag, sandbags, sandbar, sumter, troops, union, war