68 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Imagine, for a moment, a very different Lowcountry than the one we know. It’s the dead of summer during the Revolutionary War, and the royal assembly and royal representatives were run off last fall. There is a tense state of bitter “peace” while things are run by a group of patriots. On June 28, 1776, the world’s most powerful military made its move to capture Charleston, first launching a two-pronged assault on an unfinished fort on Sullivan’s Island. The rest is history. That’s the picture Andrew de Holl, a local lawyer and history buff, painted of that fateful day. “Think about the odds we were up against. You’re a militiaman watching nine British man-of-war ships – carrying about 300 cannons – sail into the harbor and anchor as close as 400 yards from shore. There are 2,200 British troops on the ground on Long Island (now Isle of Palms), preparing to The Battle of Sullivan’s Island Why We Celebrate Carolina Day on June 28 BY ANNE SHULER TOOLE the islands Photos courtesy of Waccamaw Light Artillery. Editor’s note: This article is a reprint of a story that previously appeared in Mount Pleasant Magazine.
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