Fort Johnson

Fort Johnson is a state-managed historic site of military and political significance at the northeastern tip of James Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Named after Governor Sir Nathaniel Johnson, the fort was strategically positioned on the banks of the Ashley River. It is the site where the South Carolina state flag was first raised in 1775. Visitors can tour the powder magazine, built in 1765, a brick structure measuring 27 feet long and 20 feet wide. During the Civil War, the fort's cannons played an important role in the capture of Fort Sumter, before the site was buried by Confederate soldiers and uncovered again in 1931.