LOCATION FILE
Fort Moultrie
FOLLOWCharleston, SC
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On Sullivan's Island guarding Charleston Harbor, the first palmetto-log fort here repelled a British fleet in 1776. The Seminole leader Osceola died in a cell here in 1838 and is buried at the fort; a young Edgar Allan Poe served here in 1827-1828, inspiring "The Gold-Bug."
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Legends describe a bird said to embody Osceola near his grave, and soldiers' apparitions on the grounds; some accounts link a lingering figure to Poe's time on the island.
VISITING
Open to the public as part of the national historical park.
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