MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT INC

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC

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The Mitchelville Preservation Project Inc is a non-profit organization that was established in 2010 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The organization's primary goal is to preserve, protect, and promote the history and heritage of Mitchelville, which was the first self-governed African American community in the United States during the Civil War.

The Mitchelville Preservation Project has various initiatives aimed at achieving its goal, including advocating for the preservation of historic sites, conducting research and documentation, and offering educational programs and tours. The organization has also established partnerships with other community organizations, government agencies, and private businesses to promote Mitchelville's history and heritage.

Through its efforts, the Mitchelville Preservation Project has succeeded in raising public awareness about the importance of preserving the history of Mitchelville. The organization has also contributed to the economic development of the area by promoting tourism and cultural activities.

In summary, the Mitchelville Preservation Project Inc is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Mitchelville, the first self-governed African American community in the United States during the Civil War. Through its various initiatives, the organization seeks to raise public awareness, promote tourism and cultural activities, and contribute to the economic development of the area.

MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT INC is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC. US MID #8404500155

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Civil War at Fort Pulaski: bam! Days before Georgia seceded from the United States and joined the Confederacy, the state seized the federal fortification of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island near Savannah. Unfortunately for the Confederacy, it then did not support the surrounding ground because it thought Tybee Island was too remote, a waste of resources for what it deemed to be an impenetrable fort. The Civil War would quickly test those military assumptions. The United States thought of Fort Pulaski in terms of a bigger picture–Southern supply chain, military logistics, and economic bottleneck. Controlling traffic of the Southern port city of Savannah was very important to the overall war effort.

The United States military took advantage of the blind eye of the Confederacy's military command. First came the U.S. Navy, blockading the Savannah River for a 112-day siege of the fort. But that was not enough. The U.S. Army built up troops and batteries by night at Tybee Island, hidden, on Fort Pulaski's facing shore of the Savannah River.

On April 10, 1862, U.S. troops struck out. Rolling back their camouflage, they bombarded Confederate-occupied Fort Pulaski and won. The Confederate commander unconditionally surrendered, noting his isolation from any Confederate backup and that a breached wall exposed his entire garrison to the possibility of a catastrophic explosion from the ammunition storage area. He stated:

&quot;We were absolutely isolated beyond any possibility of help from the Confederate authorities, and I did not feel warranted in exposing the garrison to the hazard of the blowing up of our main magazine -- a danger which had just been proved well within the limits of probability.&quot;†

The reclaimed fort would remain under U.S. control for the remainder of the Civil War.

The Confederacy did not emphasize the loss of Fort Pulaski because of clearer tactics or strategy employed by their foe that capitalized on the Confederate military's blindspots but rather because of the Union's state-of-the-art technology that Confederate commanders did not anticipate to be used against their impenetrable fort, i.e. new rifled-bore cannons of the Union shot further and more accurately than traditional smooth-bore cannons. The new cannon fire could now reach the fort from the opposite shore to bring down its walls.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pulaski_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia observes</a> the strategic loss for the Confederacy and the strategic gain of Fort Pulaski for the United States: &quot;all shipping into and out of Savannah ceased. The loss of Savannah as a viable Confederate port crippled its war effort.&quot;

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†Source– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pulaski_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia</a>: Quote from Colonel Charles H. Olmstead, commander of Fort Pulaski's Confederate garrison, Fort Pulaski brochure, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior

American alligator swims in Savannah NWR Looking at the map, I see that although Savannah National Wildlife Refuge was a short drive right outside of Savannah, Georgia, much of the refuge is technically on the South Carolina side of the border, which is Lowcountry. This gator was swimming in Savannah NWR, South Carolina.

Al Roker At Hilton Island doing a remote spot

Hiltonhead_beach_sunset North Forest Beach

At The South Carolina Welcome Center Stopped for a bathroom break, a picture by the welcome sign, and to switch drivers. (That's not our car, by the way.)

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MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT INC
PO BOX 21758
HILTON HEAD ISLAND
SC
29925-1758

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MID #	8404500155
Name	MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT INC
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	272308109
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	32.215772, -80.749691
CODES	FIPS State Code: 45 FIPS County Code: 013 US Census Tract: 010500 US Census Block: 2082