Image by The Soldier in Our Civil WarImage by 20090713-pinckney.jpg Castle Pinckney during the Civil War.
Charleston Magazine has a great piece on Charleston Harbor's forgotten fort, Castle Pinckney, located on Shutes Folly - that marshy island with the cross on it between the peninsula and Patriots Point.
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Looking now at the dilapidated and overgrown structure, it is hard to imagine it was ever used as a fort, prison for Union soldiers, lighthouse station, and later, a residence. The article chronicles a kayaking adventure out to the island and the fairy tale like mystery that surrounds the old fort.