Author: Alan Brown

In the 19th century, the Battery ws one of the most exclusive residential neighborhoods in Charleston. During the Civil War, however, the waterfront area was also one of the most embattled. Beginning in 1861, Federal forces...

A great deal of Charleston’s appeal likes in its splendid array of antebellum mansions. Before the Civil War, Charleston was the most prosperous city in the South, due in large part to the slave trade. In the late 18th and early...