SC-10-46 Battle of Fort Sullivan A

Marker text: BATTLE OF FORT SULLIVAN
On June 28, 1776, a British and Loyalist force seeking to capture Charleston advanced to Sullivan's Island with 9 ships and 2,500-3,000 infantry. The American defenders, 435 men under Col. William Moultrie of the 2nd S.C. Regiment, occupied a fort nearby, built from palmetto logs. Still unfinished when the fighting began, it is sometimes referred to as "Fort Sullivan" in contemporary accounts.
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Erected by the Fort Sullivan Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 2005