Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) hats Ends of War: The Unfinished

Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox

by Bruce Mowday & Craig Caba

Duckling puppet measures 9-inches tall

Screen print

But 1945 did not mark an end to Speirs’s military adventures

Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War (W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., Matthew A. M. Locke. -CH) hats Ends of War: The Unfinishedby 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