Fort Moultrie, South Carolina (SC), United States

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Place Name	Fort Moultrie
Pronunciation	MOL-tree
Place Status (Type)	fort
Location	Charleston County, South Carolina (SC), United States, North America
Latitude	unknown
Longitude	unknown

Fort Moultrie (MOL-tree), at W end of Sullivans Isl., Charleston co., at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, 4 mi/6.4 km E of Charleston, S.C. Originally called Fort Sullivan. Constructed originally of sand and palmetto logs by Col. William Moultrie, the fort was renamed for him after he repulsed a heavy Br. naval attack in June 1776, in one of the most decisive battles of the Amer. Revolution. During the Seminole War, Osceola, a chief, and 200 Seminoles were imprisoned in the fort; Osceola's tomb is here. During the Civil War, Confederates held the fort until the evacuation of Charleston in 1865. It was Charleston's chief harbor defense until 1947, when it was abandoned. Fort Moultrie is part of Fort Sumter; together they form a Natl. Monument.