Future Congressman Robert Smalls stole a transfer ship called the Planter in this city's harbor.
Future Congressman Robert Smalls stole a transfer ship called the Planter in this city's harbor. This city boomed after Eliza Lucas started growing and exporting indigo nearby. This city's defenders killed much of the Massachusetts Fighting 54th black regiment as it charged Fort Wagner. Benjamin (*) Lincoln surrendered troops in this city to Henry Clinton during a siege in the Revolutionary War. Denmark Vesey's revolt prompted the creation of a military institute in this city called The Citadel. Robert Anderson surrendered a Union garrison to a bombardment by P. G. T. Beauregard in a fort in this city's harbor in April 1861. For 10 points, name this Southern port city home to Fort Sumter.
Future Congressman Robert Smalls stole a transfer ship called the Planter in this city's harbor.
Charleston, South Carolina