Upcoming Exhibitions
“Our Duty was Quite Arduous”
The Union Encampment on Little Folly Island, 1863- 1865
June 6, 2013– March 10, 2014
Photo Courtesy of Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia.
On the afternoon of February 8, 1863 the six-gun sidewheeler Commodore McDonnough steamed up the Folly River and dropped anchor. A small band of soldiers, led by Major General John G. Foster, disembarked onto a narrow strip of dry sand called Folly Island. Slowly thrashing through a jungle of undergrowth and pine woods, the reconnoitered the Confederate positions on Morris Island, just north of Folly. Within a few months, this quiet, largely uninhabited island would become the camp of thousands of soldiers, determined to wrest Charleston from the South. The Union Army had come to Folly Island.
Fashion Accessories: Hats
June 19, 2013 - January 19, 2014
Textile Gallery Exhibit
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