61. Ft. Moultrie, S.C.
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62. Harper's History of the Great Rebellion
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- [Color image.] Caption: 'Charleston and its environs. 1. Charleston and Savannah Railroad.-- 2. Ashley River.-- 3. Charleston.-- 4. Cooper River.-- 5. Wando River.-- 6. Castle Pinckney.-- 7. Fort Ripley.-- 8.Fort Johnson (James Island).-- 9. Stono River.--10.Fort Sumter.-- 11. Fort Moultrie.-- 12.Battery Gregg (Cumming's Point).-- 13.Fort Wagner.-- 14.General Gillmore's Advanced Batteries.-- 15.Captured Works (Morris's Island).-- 16. Light-house Inlet.-- 17.Union Battery (Folly Island).-- 18. Iron-clads and Wooden Ships.--19. Hotels.-- 20.Sullivan's island and Rebel Batteries.-- 21.Moultrieville.--22. Mt Pleasant.-- 23.Breach Inlet.-- 24. Shem Creek.-- 0,0.Rebel Batteries on James Island.' [full date July, 1863]
63. Harper's Weekly
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Caption: 'The Siege of Charleston--bombardment of Fort Moultrie by the iron-clads, September 8, 1863.--sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.--[see page 621.] Also identified in the image: Moultrieville, Fort Moultrie and Moultrie House. [full date September 26, 1863.]
64. Harper's Weekly
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Caption: 'Fort Sumter, from Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.' [full date December 1, 1860.]
65. Harper's Weekly
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Caption: 'Fort Moultrie (Sullivan's Island). Charleston, South Carolina, in the distance.--[see preceding page.]' [full date November 17, 1860.]
66. Harper's Weekly
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Caption: 'The grave of Oceola (sic), on Sullivan's Island.' [full date December 1, 1860.]
67. Harper's Weekly
- Date:
- 1858
- Description:
- Caption: 'The attack on Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. On June 28, 1776.' [full date June 26, 1858.]
68. Oral Interview with Jeanie Truesdale Heath and Jerry Truesdale
- Date:
- 5/1/2018
- Description:
- The Truesdale family association with Sullivan’s Island goes back to the early 1800’s when David Truesdell immigrated from New York and started what became the island’s major oyster growing industry. Jeanie and Jerry recount the history of that extensive business until it was lost due to taxes. Their grandfather, Wyatt Aiken Truesdell, owned a sawmill and was killed when a saw blade flew off. Prior to that Wyatt Aiken had also been the ancestor who officially had the family name changed from Truesdell to Truesdale. Jeanie and Jerry describe their father, Cecil Wyatt Truesdale, as an extremely talented man, a jack of all trades, who could do just about anything including dance. However, his life was jolted when he developed a tumor that required extensive treatment and rehabilitation. Even though he never recovered fully, their father went on to be the bridge keeper of the new Ben Sawyer Bridge, built to connect Sullivan’s Island to Mt. Pleasant in 1945. Other family trials included a brother who developed polio and Jerry’s near drowning. The pair describe their Mother, Vernie Cooper Truesdale, and her many talents. She was the lunchroom manager at Sullivan’s Island Elementary School and was known widely as being an outstanding cook. Growing up on the Island is described as fun and relaxed. Jerry, one of a set of twins, describes his and his brother’s career. The family was intimately involved in the founding of Sullivan’s Island Baptist Church and relate much of its history. According to this brother and sister, the smell of the marsh, the roar of the sea, the friendly, easy going lifestyle are why “Fiddlers”, a name for Sullivan’s Island natives, will always remember this as the best place in the world to grow up.
69. Oral History Interview with Rosamond Lawson
- Date:
- 2019-01-11
- Description:
- The story of Rosamond Lawson's family connection with Sullivan's Island is the story of houses. Her great-great grandfather, German immigrant Charles Otto Witte, bought the first house at Station 18 in the late 1860's. That house ultimately burned, but a second house at Station 11, built in 1868, was bought in 1910 and remained in the family until 2018. Having moved from Charleston to Virginia when she was six, many of Rosamond's early memories are of summer visits. However, in 1994 she moved back to this area and spent many more years in the house with her own growing family. Summertime memories in the early years included crabbing, fishing, playing kickball, and entertaining Charleston friends. She learned to drive on the dirt road that ran along the back of the island. Rosamond recalls all the front beach homes being summer residences. Few people lived on Sullivan's Island year round, and those were not on front beach. Most houses, including her own, had neither heating nor air conditioning. On the rare visit to the island in the winter, the place was nearly deserted. There was a vegetable man who would come over every few days to deliver fresh produce. Rosamond recounts the few businesses that existed in those days. Playing hide and seek in the old batteries and Fort Moultrie before it became a National Park are all fond memories. Rosamond describes the typical summer thunderstorm and experiencing that in the old house. She also shows the damage done by Hurricane Hugo. Rosamond is also part of the Waring family. That includes Judge Waties Waring whose controversial decision became part of the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case leading to his ostracization and eventual move from Charleston to New York. Finally, Rosamond discusses her favorite memories as well as all the changes she has seen in the area over the past twenty-five years.
70. Oral Interview with Peggy Schachte
- Date:
- 6/12/2018
- Description:
- The Pringle family started coming to Sullivan’s Island for summers as far back as 1911. Peggy’s earliest memories stem from when she was three and a half years old and her youngest sister was born while the family was on the island. Peggy details all the enjoyable summer activities common to those summertime visits. She recalls the group of nuns who spent summer R&R in the Loretto Cottage. Other activities included time on the neighbor’s trampoline, skating at the old Army recreation center, and taking in movies at the old post theater. Peggy recalls enjoying horses when they were on the island. There was one episode when Peggy’s sister helped save a victim from drowning. The new lighthouse was turned on in 1962. Peggy relates the impact that never ending bright light had on islanders. Peggy then moved on to the second phase of life on the island, married to Topper Schachte and raising a family at 2501 Ion Avenue. The third phase of life was when she married Hal Currey and moved to “Bunker Hill”, one of the many structures left on the island by the Army. She recounts in detail the effects of Hurricane Hugo, her attempts to get back on the island, and an encounter with the National Guard. She also has memories of LaBrasca’s, both the restaurant and the fire that engulfed their house. Peggy ends by noting the changes in the island as well as the traffic that has always been part of living on Sullivan’s Island.