Elsewhere in the South Charleston
Elsewhere in the South Charleston (South Carolina): Standing aloof at the point where the Ashley and Cooper rivers flow together into the Atlantic Ocean, this town evokes that elegant, courtly atmosphere that people still associate with the 'Old South After South Carolina led the Southern States' secession from the Union, Charleston was the town that fired the first shots in the Civil War. Ever since, it has maintained, with winning self-consciousness, the South's distinctively well-mannered sense of dignified separateness.
Charleston's Historic District includes over 2,000 buildings. You might start at The Battery, curving up to East Bay Street, where antebellum houses snake along narrow shaded cobblestone streets surrounded by gardens of dogwood, wisteria, and azalea. Running west from East Bay Street is Market Street, which leads to attractive Market Square. Here, open-air cafés, restaurants, art galleries, and boutiques have been insta led in renovated warehouses. From the Municipal Marina at the unction of Calhoun Street and Lockwood: Drive on the west (Ashley River) side of the peninsula, you can take a boat trip out to Fort Sumter (tel: 843-883-3123; www.nps.gov/fosu). This is the military base hat, during the Civil War, was wrested from the United States Army by the South Carolina militia in April 1861, to the polite applause of the Charleston gentry assembled on the harbor, and effectively began the Civil War. The fort was recaptured by the Union army nearly four years later. An organized two- hour boat cruise usually includes a visit to the Civil War Museum and a tour of the remains of the fort.
Elsewhere in the South Charleston
Two excursions out of town will take you back to the antebellum days of the cotton plantations. Boone Hall (7 miles/11km north on Highway 17; tel: 843-884-4371; http://boonehallplantation.com), a restored 18th-century plantation home and grounds, is said to have been the inspiration for Tara Plantation in the movie Gone with the Wind. Even more spectacular grounds are at beautiful Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (tel: 843-571-1266; www.nagnoliaplantation.com), located 14 miles (23km) north of Charleston on Highway 61. This lovely 400-(160-hectare) site combines a tour of the house with exotic flora and finds opportunities to immerse yourself in nature by taking the tram tour.
Atlanta (Georgia): The historic capital of Georgia is also the bold and busy capital of the New South. The town's symbol, which you can see in two fine sculptures one on Broad Street by the First National Bank, the other on Martin Luther King Drive-is the phoenix, the mythical bird that rose from its own ashes. The town's modern prosperity was spurred by its total destruction in 1864 during the Civil War. Two years later it was the federal headquarters for the South's Reconstruction, and its dynamism is still intact.
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