Posted: 7/17/2009 10:39:21 AM EDT
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I was looking at Goggle Earth in the Fort Sumter SC area..I noticed if you go South West {I think} just inland from the fort, it looks like a couple of large earth works. Anyone live in that area that can identify these earth works?.................one is a semi circle the other is a square shaped area.
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I have been to the South many times.....I lived in NC for a couple years......In the Wilson area.great place with a lot of History...............Fort Fisher was one of the favorite spots to go when I lived there. That and The Bentonville Battlefield.
I also lived in Florida and Texas.................I was what you would call a Damned Yankeee!!! |
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Quoted: I have been to the South many times.....I lived in NC for a couple years......In the Wilson area.great place with a lot of History...............Fort Fisher was one of the favorite spots to go when I lived there. That and The Bentonville Battlefield. I also lived in Florida and Texas.................I was what you would call a Damned Spy!!! Fixed it... |
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I have been to the South many times.....I lived in NC for a couple years......In the Wilson area.great place with a lot of History...............Fort Fisher was one of the favorite spots to go when I lived there. That and The Bentonville Battlefield. I also lived in Florida and Texas.................I was what you would call a Damned Spy!!! Fixed it... BBossman, It's attitudes like yours that help to divide our great nation into a third world shit hole. Let me guess your around 13 years old right? It's time for you to man up, get a paying job and graduate from junior high school. While your at it move out of your mother's basement and help out around your community. Volunteer for something constructive and realize that most of us on this board are all Americans fighting on the same team. AKASL LIVE FREE OR DIE |
| I have lived in the Charleston area my whole life. I have no clue what it is. we even take the boat over that beach, we just go further down. actually I am heading there today. the semi circle is probably dunes, I will check on the square one. it could be earth works Castle Pinkney(sp?) is in the harbor and they have let it get covered with brush and crap. |
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The map is very cool...............it almost looks like the Semi Circle could be from Fort Johnson?...or part of it.........I am sure Weather/storms/hurricanes have taken a toll on the earth works too. ..............Spoils.When I was stationed in Cape May they put all the spoils on the CG Base.the left roads so we could still get to the bunkers but you could not see but 40 feet between the spoil areas.
Man I would love to be able to walk around that area!!!!! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have been to the South many times.....I lived in NC for a couple years......In the Wilson area.great place with a lot of History...............Fort Fisher was one of the favorite spots to go when I lived there. That and The Bentonville Battlefield. I also lived in Florida and Texas.................I was what you would call a Damned Spy!!! Fixed it... BBossman, It's attitudes like yours that help to divide our great nation into a third world shit hole. Let me guess your around 13 years old right? It's time for you to man up, get a paying job and graduate from junior high school. While your at it move out of your mother's basement and help out around your community. Volunteer for something constructive and realize that most of us on this board are all Americans fighting on the same team. AKASL LIVE FREE OR DIE If it's not obvious to you that BBossman is just dishing out a ration of shit then you need your sarcasm meter fixed |
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I have been to the South many times.....I lived in NC for a couple years......In the Wilson area.great place with a lot of History...............Fort Fisher was one of the favorite spots to go when I lived there. That and The Bentonville Battlefield. I also lived in Florida and Texas.................I was what you would call a Damned Spy!!! Fixed it... BBossman, It's attitudes like yours that help to divide our great nation into a third world shit hole. Let me guess your around 13 years old right? It's time for you to man up, get a paying job and graduate from junior high school. While your at it move out of your mother's basement and help out around your community. Volunteer for something constructive and realize that most of us on this board are all Americans fighting on the same team. AKASL LIVE FREE OR DIE If it's not obvious to you that BBossman is just dishing out a ration of shit then you need your sarcasm meter fixed He did not come across as sarcastic , just insulting.......If I misunderstood.................. I apologize!! 
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. |
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. Which battery? I did a lot of research on the Siege of Battery Wagner. Some of the longest range confirmed hits with a rifle were made from Sumter to Morris Island. |
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The map is very cool...............it almost looks like the Semi Circle could be from Fort Johnson?...or part of it.........I am sure Weather/storms/hurricanes have taken a toll on the earth works too. ..............Spoils.When I was stationed in Cape May they put all the spoils on the CG Base.the left roads so we could still get to the bunkers but you could not see but 40 feet between the spoil areas. Man I would love to be able to walk around that area!!!!! I can tell you that the semi-circle is not part of the Civil War era Ft Johnson. I used to work at Ft Johnson back in the mid-90s, and my boss's boss was a huge history buff and knew all there was to know about the area. The only part of the original Ft Johnson that is there are some cisterns and a powder magazine. All the dry land between Ft Johnson and Ft Sumter was not there during the Civil War. |
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. Which battery? I did a lot of research on the Siege of Battery Wagner. Some of the longest range confirmed hits with a rifle were made from Sumter to Morris Island. Thats a long shot from Sumter!!!!...................what was the range?.........how long was the siege?. OK I read up a little and I noticed part of the fort is still visible................They say relics are still found on the island!!!!! |
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The map is very cool...............it almost looks like the Semi Circle could be from Fort Johnson?...or part of it.........I am sure Weather/storms/hurricanes have taken a toll on the earth works too. ..............Spoils.When I was stationed in Cape May they put all the spoils on the CG Base.the left roads so we could still get to the bunkers but you could not see but 40 feet between the spoil areas. Man I would love to be able to walk around that area!!!!! I can tell you that the semi-circle is not part of the Civil War era Ft Johnson. I used to work at Ft Johnson back in the mid-90s, and my boss's boss was a huge history buff and knew all there was to know about the area. The only part of the original Ft Johnson that is there are some cisterns and a powder magazine. All the dry land between Ft Johnson and Ft Sumter was not there during the Civil War. That explains why Sumter "looks" closer to land today then on the map!!................Thanks What is located at Fort Johnson now??..............I see several building and several Boats?? |
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The map is very cool...............it almost looks like the Semi Circle could be from Fort Johnson?...or part of it.........I am sure Weather/storms/hurricanes have taken a toll on the earth works too. ..............Spoils.When I was stationed in Cape May they put all the spoils on the CG Base.the left roads so we could still get to the bunkers but you could not see but 40 feet between the spoil areas. Man I would love to be able to walk around that area!!!!! I can tell you that the semi-circle is not part of the Civil War era Ft Johnson. I used to work at Ft Johnson back in the mid-90s, and my boss's boss was a huge history buff and knew all there was to know about the area. The only part of the original Ft Johnson that is there are some cisterns and a powder magazine. All the dry land between Ft Johnson and Ft Sumter was not there during the Civil War. That explains why Sumter "looks" closer to land today then on the map!!................Thanks What is located at Fort Johnson now??..............I see several building and several Boats?? Ft Johnson is the Marine Resources Division for the SC Dept. Of Natural Resources. There are some research vessels, and labs and law enforcement offices |
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I was on that very stretch back in April, I have no idea what it is, I never ventured off the beach (if you saw the eye candy you would know why). Would it happen to be a "Nude" beach???...................I used to go to Higby Beach in Cape May............... 
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I was on that very stretch back in April, I have no idea what it is, I never ventured off the beach (if you saw the eye candy you would know why). Would it happen to be a "Nude" beach???...................I used to go to Higby Beach in Cape May............... No, but lots of drunk girls in very scantily clad bikinis were numerous. Some were even freeing their fabulous fun bags. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I was on that very stretch back in April, I have no idea what it is, I never ventured off the beach (if you saw the eye candy you would know why). Would it happen to be a "Nude" beach???...................I used to go to Higby Beach in Cape May............... Thank you to AKASL for sending me a link back to this thread so I can apologize for shitting in your thread about nude beaches around Fort Sumter. |
| Also, just a few miles south, along the coast from Sumter is a light house that is literally, right in the middle of the ocean. The beach eroded, but oddly enough, the water isn't all that deep. Hell we were about a mile off the coast and I was still in waist deep water. |
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Quoted: I never have a problem mixing History and naked boobies!!!!  Its all good dude, I was giving a little ribbing about you bein a Bluebelly, just like y'all like to jump into threads we Southern Boys start about any significant date in southern history. It appears AKASL got his panties wadded up tight over it though, sending me an IM link and all. |
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The same thing was happening in Cape May, you could walk under very large bunkers that used to be on land. We could walk right under them with plenty of head room.
The Rifle range butts used to be inland a bit......when I left in 86 the water was almost to them at high tide and were unusable...........I think I was with the last bunch that ever shot at 1000 yards at Cape May. The Patriot Point site has a sister ship of the one I was on when I was in the CG........The USCGC Ingham..I was on the USCGC Duane...........I hope to go down and see her some time! |
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. I spent a year at a nearby exclusive prep school..a lot of the kids in my class had family names that go way back...Pinckney, Gadsden etc...even my middle name comes from one of the big nearby plantations but I doubt my family owned anything 
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The same thing was happening in Cape May, you could walk under very large bunkers that used to be on land. We could walk right under them with plenty of head room. The Rifle range butts used to be inland a bit......when I left in 86 the water was almost to them at high tide and were unusable...........I think I was with the last bunch that ever shot at 1000 yards at Cape May. The Patriot Point site has a sister ship of the one I was on when I was in the CG........The USCGC Ingham..I was on the USCGC Duane...........I hope to go down and see her some time! I slept aboard the USS Yorktown when I was 11.
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Jesus Christ, I come in here to talk about one of the coolest places I have ever visited and I walk into a goddamn purse swinging contest. Well lets hear it, tell us what you saw and your impressions of the area..........that's what I really want to hear....and that's a murse!!!!!  .I keep a bottle of sand in it form my mangina
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Jesus Christ, I come in here to talk about one of the coolest places I have ever visited and I walk into a goddamn purse swinging contest. Well lets hear it, tell us what you saw and your impressions of the area..........that's what I really want to hear....and that's a murse!!!!! .I keep a bottle of sand in it form my manginaQuoted:
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Jesus Christ, I come in here to talk about one of the coolest places I have ever visited and I walk into a goddamn purse swinging contest. Well he started it! 
 
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Fort Sumter was an awesome way to spend the day, I even argued with the "tour guide" on the boat ride out because of something their recorded story of the war proclaimed that I thought to be inaccurate. Anyway, the Fort is a lot of fun. It's not very big, and there isn't much left there but you really should get out and see it. I wish I could have spent more time there, and next time I'll go earlier so I can hitch a ride back on a later boat.
It's just one of those things, like visiting a Revolutionary or Civil War battlefield. Even though there isn't much to "see" you kinda take it all in. |
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. I spent a year at a nearby exclusive prep school..a lot of the kids in my class had family names that go way back...Pinckney, Gadsden etc...even my middle name comes from one of the big nearby plantations but I doubt my family owned anything
Did you ever walk around at the area we are talking about?? A lot of area like that up here, have been fenced off and posted so you can go look around.........very sad, that you cant get a feel for what it was like to be in those forts and earth works. You gota hand it to the men that built and served in them.....no comforts at all....I bet the sand fleas are terrible there!! |
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As you can see in this map from 1860, that piece of land did not exist. That may be dredgings from the harbor similar to the ones you would find near the ICW. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/kbadphoto/fortsumter.png Cool..one of the battery's carries my family name. Which battery? I did a lot of research on the Siege of Battery Wagner. Some of the longest range confirmed hits with a rifle were made from Sumter to Morris Island. Battery Wampler |
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I was there two years ago for a wedding and we did the dinner boat cruise thing there at dusk. It was just awesome to sail through there and imagine what it was like back then with big sailing ships exchanging cannon fire with the shore, then going over to Battery Park and seeing the historical gun emplacements.
I wish I had more time when I was there. My wife wanted to see that house flippin place that was on TV. Not even on TV any more. We heard there was tremendous damage from a previous hurricane. I did get a pretty good book, Ghosts of Charleston. It will freak you out. |
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit.
Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. 
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit. Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. I applied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an officer because the online application allowed me to choose SC as my preferred geographic location. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they call me and say Charleston. That's how much I love that town. |
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit. Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. I applied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an officer because the online application allowed me to choose SC as my preferred geographic location. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they call me and say Charleston. That's how much I love that town. I motored by a US Custom's official who was catching some rays on his patrol boat near where the cruise ships dock. Had an M4 slung across his chest. If I was LEO and lived in Charleston, that would be the job I would want. LEO work in North Charleston must suck balls. |
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit. Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. I applied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an officer because the online application allowed me to choose SC as my preferred geographic location. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they call me and say Charleston. That's how much I love that town. I motored by a US Custom's official who was catching some rays on his patrol boat near where the cruise ships dock. Had an M4 slung across his chest. If I was LEO and lived in Charleston, that would be the job I would want. LEO work in North Charleston must suck balls. Maybe so, maybe so. Well, being CBP would be different than Charleston PD anyway. But I would deal with the shit if it meant I could live in Charleston. The OPM is actually doing my background investigation as we speak (investigator started yesterday here in Tampa) so hopefully my case is adjudicated in the next month or so and then I just have to sit tight and wait for the call. |
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit. Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. I applied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an officer because the online application allowed me to choose SC as my preferred geographic location. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they call me and say Charleston. That's how much I love that town. I motored by a US Custom's official who was catching some rays on his patrol boat near where the cruise ships dock. Had an M4 slung across his chest. If I was LEO and lived in Charleston, that would be the job I would want. LEO work in North Charleston must suck balls. Maybe so, maybe so. Well, being CBP would be different than Charleston PD anyway. But I would deal with the shit if it meant I could live in Charleston. The OPM is actually doing my background investigation as we speak (investigator started yesterday here in Tampa) so hopefully my case is adjudicated in the next month or so and then I just have to sit tight and wait for the call. I hope you get the job. I really like the culture of Charleston, it just lacks one thing.....mountains. |
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We have friends who live in Charleston, who always give us an open invitation. I don't think I could live down there, but it is one of my favorite places to visit. Shem Creek and Hyman's Sea Food are some great places to dine. The lax alcohol laws are also refreshing. I applied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an officer because the online application allowed me to choose SC as my preferred geographic location. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they call me and say Charleston. That's how much I love that town. I motored by a US Custom's official who was catching some rays on his patrol boat near where the cruise ships dock. Had an M4 slung across his chest. If I was LEO and lived in Charleston, that would be the job I would want. LEO work in North Charleston must suck balls. Maybe so, maybe so. Well, being CBP would be different than Charleston PD anyway. But I would deal with the shit if it meant I could live in Charleston. The OPM is actually doing my background investigation as we speak (investigator started yesterday here in Tampa) so hopefully my case is adjudicated in the next month or so and then I just have to sit tight and wait for the call. I hope you get the job. I really like the culture of Charleston, it just lacks one thing.....mountains. Thanks. 
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