Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) tom Ryan This collection of letters from

This collection of letters from the front lines offers a bird’s-eye view of some of the Civil War’s most hard-fought military campaigns

it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital whose surrounding fields and streets witnessed one of the largest battles of the American Revolution

military historian Timothy B

Fearing a guerrilla war

Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) tom Ryan This collection of letters fromby W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., and Matthew A. M. Locke On the eve of the Civil War, the London Times informed its readers that Castle Pinckney has been kept garrisoned, not to protect Charleston from naval attack from the ocean, but to serve as a bridle upon the city. Located on a marshy island in the center of Charlestons magnificent harbor, the large cannons on the ramparts of this horseshoe shaped masonry fort had the ability to command downtown