The Christ Church line was laid out by Robert E. Commanding Hamlin Sound and Dewee’s Creek, it was designed to deny Union naval support of any attack on Charleston from the northeastern side.

2, 1861įort Palmetto Fort Palmetto was the easternmost position in the Christ Church Parish line of defense. 'Secession Movement,' The Illustrated London News, Feb. 'Raising the Flag,' Frank Leslies Illustrated News, Dec. On August 11, 1982, Fort Palmetto was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This was part of the outer defenses of Charleston. As the war progressed, the town was further protected by an additional battery in the village and a line of fortifications from Elliot’s Creek at Boone Hall Plantation to Copahee Sound. At the advent of the Civil War, the Mount Pleasant mortar battery and an adjacent floating battery between Mount Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island were instrumental in the defense of the harbor and in attacks on the Union’s Fort Sumter. The state secession convention met two months later in Charleston on December 20, 1860, and seven Southern states soon formed the Confederate States of America. Lincoln’s election South Carolina should make every effort to meet one or more of the other southern states in convention to determine the best mode of dissolving the connection with the present union.” It is believed that Mount Pleasant produced the state’s first secession resolution. Lincoln to the office of President of the United States is in itself sufficient cause for war ” and “Resolved that in the event of Mr. The 10th and 11th resolutions were determinations to leave the United States should Abraham Lincoln be elected president: “Resolved that in the opinion of this meeting, the election of Mr. On September 24, 1860, a public meeting was held in Mount Pleasant at Ronkins Long Room on Ferry Street. Secession Convention:First Secession Resolution

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