Fort

Castle Pinckney

Surviving as a ruin

The small masonry fort on Shutes Folly in the inner harbor. Seized by South Carolina troops on 27 December 1860, the day after Anderson's move to Sumter, and used in the summer of 1861 to hold Federal prisoners taken at Bull Run.

In 1865—
Today—
Coordinates32.7735, -79.9155 (approximate)
Photographs2

Photographed here

Castle Pinckney and Its Prisoners
Castle Pinckney and Its PrisonersJuly–December 1861 · Castle Pinckney
No. 7 Musical Hall, 444 Broadway
No. 7 Musical Hall, 444 BroadwayJuly–December 1861 · Castle Pinckney