Fort Mitchel, SC

Fort Mitchel

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Fort Mitchel was crafted of the earth by Captain Quincy Adams Gilmore, who is also responsible for a second earthen fort, Fort Holbrook, located in the Spanish Wells area of the Island. Mother Earth was the medium of choice because the rifle cannons that had come into use would shatter masonry and turn it into shrapnel, causing even greater injuries to those in a stone fortress. Visited July 30, 2005 -------------------- GPS [32°14’34, -80°44’38]

Fort Mitchel 2

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Descriptive marker at Fort Mitchel

Fort Mitchel 3

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Descriptive marker at Fort Mitchel

Fort Mitchel 4

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Cannon emplacement at Fort Mitchel

Fort Mitchel 5

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Cannon emplacement at Fort Mitchel

Fort Mitchel 6

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View of the Broad River from Fort Mitchel

Fort Mitchel 7

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Earthworks descrition

Fort Mitchel 8

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Earthworks