Gen. William Moultrie

1730-1805

Commander of Fort Sullivan and

the S.C. 2nd Regiment Jun. 17, 1775 to

Sept. 16, 1776. Governor of South

Carolina 1785-1787 and 1792-1794.

Defeated the British ships in 1776

in the invasion of the Charleston

Harbor. The fort's name was later

changed to Fort Moultrie in ...