Ella Wood

Book one of the Ella Wood trilogy. READ IT FREE! http://michelleisenhoff.com/subscribe/ Step into 1860's Charleston. Encounter the historic people, places, and events depicted in Ella Wood. Taken directly from my research in the writing of the book. Historical fiction, Civil War, slavery, Southern, women's fiction, women's independence, women's education, series, interracial, love triangle, war and military, historical romance, clean and wholesome, Kindle books, Nook books.
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Hal Jespersen’s 2013 Civil War Travelogues, Charleston and Savannah
A wall mural in the library of the Citadel, Charleston's military academy, of the Citadel's cadets firing guns on Morris Island in Charleston harbor, aimed at the Star of the West, a Union ship sent to resupply Fort Sumter on Jan. 9, 1861.
a map of the south carolina coast with red arrows pointing to towns, roads and rivers
Battle of Port Royal, Nov. 7, 1861. This map of the SC coast shows the strategic location of Port Royal. Its capture gave the Union control over the entire coast, except Charleston. Blockade vessels could be suppled, repaired, and fueled there. And it was ideally situated for troop training and outfitting in the siege against Charleston.
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Charleston Hotel
Located at 200 Meeting Street, the opulent Charleston Hotel was built in 1839 and became an icon of the Antebellum period. It went downhill after the war and was eventually demolished in 1959.
an old black and white photo of a building
Charleston Hotel
Located at 200 Meeting Street, the opulent Charleston Hotel was built in 1839 and became an icon of the Antebellum period. It went downhill after the war and was eventually demolished in 1959.
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READ IT FREE! Book 1, Ella Wood trilogy, American Civil War, historical fiction series
READ THIS BOOK FREE! http://michelleisenhoff.com/ella-wood-trilogy/ Will Emily forego love for a chance at independence? Book one in the Ella Wood trilogy, a sweeping Southern saga set in the American Civil War. Historical fiction, Civil War, slavery, Southern, women's fiction, women's independence, women's education, series, interracial, love triangle, war and military, historical romance, clean and wholesome, Kindle books, Nook books, women's fiction, young adult.
an old drawing of the battle of fort royal, south carolina
The November 7, 1861 Battle of Port Royal, one of the first amphibious assaults of the Civil War. Port Royal was strategically located between Savannah and Charleston. Union gunboats circled the harbor, alternately pounding the two Confederate forts on either side of the inlet.
an old ship in the water with another boat near it and people on small boats nearby
Four Drummond lights (or limelights) were used in Charleston harbor in March 1861 to prevent the Union from resupplying the Federal-held Fort Sumter in the middle of the night. These lights were originally used for theater lighting.
Major Robert Anderson, United States Army, a Southern sympathizer, was sent to take charged of Federal military properties in Charleston harbor after Sucession (Dec. '61) and charged to keep the peace. As the situation escalated and state positions were strengthened, he sent to Washington repeatedly for instruction. None was ever given. Anderson was left to his own devices. He had little choice but to surrender Fort Sumter after its bombardment in April.
Major Robert Anderson, United States Army, a Southern sympathizer, was sent to take charged of Federal military properties in Charleston harbor after Sucession (Dec. '61) and charged to keep the peace. As the situation escalated and state positions were strengthened, he sent to Washington repeatedly for instruction. None was ever given. Anderson was left to his own devices. He had little choice but to surrender Fort Sumter after its bombardment in April.
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This is Hilton Head Island, near Fort Walker, looking across Port Royal Sound to where Fort Beauregard would have stood. The Union ships circled in an eliptical pattern, firing on one fort then crossing the sound and firing on the other.
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This is Hilton Head Island near Fort Walker overlooking Port Royal Sound where the naval Battle of Port Royal established a Union beachhead early in the war (Nov. 1861). The Union used Hilton Head as a base of operations for the Atlantic blockade as well as operations against the coastline, particularly those against Charleston.
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P. G. T. Beauregard - Wikipedia
Brigadier General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was in charge of Confederate fortifications in Charleston harbor in spring of 1861. It was he who ordered the first shots of the Battle of Fort Sumter fired against his friend, US Army Major Robert Anderson.
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SC Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens took office just one month before the state voted to seceded. Despite the formation of the Confederacy in February 1861, Pickens continued to aggressively build up state defenses all around Fort Sumter with plans to fire on it in mid-Feb. President Jefferson Davis had to admonish him to not start a war but leave the decision to the new Confederate government.
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1865 image of Fort Moultrie. Federal troops abandoned the fort and relocated to Fort Sumter after South Carolina seceded in Dec. 1860. It was then occupied by Southern troops who eventually fired on Sumter and forced its surrender in April 1861.
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The Citadel and its quadrangle today. Image found on Hal Jespersen's travelogue at http://www.posix.com/CW13/CHS-SAV.html.
The Star of the West, a ship sent to resupply Fort Sumter, was fired upon in Charleston harbor from the battery on Morris Island manned by cadets (boys) from Charleston's military academy. The ship turned away. They were the first shots of the war. Jan. 9, 1861
The Star of the West, a ship sent to resupply Fort Sumter, was fired upon in Charleston harbor from the battery on Morris Island manned by cadets (boys) from Charleston's military academy. The ship turned away. They were the first shots of the war. Jan. 9, 1861