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Not really, although they did 150 years ago. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Gray-clad cadets from South Carolina’s historic military college fired cannons Saturday on a barren, wind-swept island on Charleston Harbor to re-enact the 150th anniversary of a key episode leading up to the Civil War. The event recalled what some consider the first shots of […]
Citadel Cadets Fire on Star of the West
January 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Categories: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War · Civil War Magazines · Civil War Memory · Eastern Theater
Tags: · battle streamers, Charleston harbor, Fort Sumter, Samuel Pickens, Star of the West, The Citadel
Short Takes
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
I came across this representation of a target shot a 500 yards by a .577 Enfield and a .451 Whitworth, which shows pretty clearly why the Whitworth made a better sharpshooter’s rifle. Source: W.W. Greener, The Gun and Its Development (1910) Google Books now has Life magazine in their collection, and among the issues is […]
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Magazines · Civil War Memory · Civil War on the Web · Military History
Tags: · "Big Red" flag, Confederate reunion, Dabney Maury, enfield rifle, Fitz Lee, Longstreet, sharpshooting, The Citadel, Whitworth rifle
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