SW063 At Charleston Conference, CAMP Historians Pay Homage at Osceola's Grave, Tour Fort Moultrie Seminole Prisoner Holding Cells

Dr. Wesley Moody, a member of the Council on America’s Military Past or CAMP, joins us to discuss the historical ties between Charleston and the Florida Territory during the Seminole Wars.

The City of Charleston may be in South Carolina, not in Florida, but it retains strong historical ties to the U.S. Government’s Indian Removal Campaign. Fort Moultrie served as a holding area for Seminole awaiting passage to the Oklahoma Territory. The Army detained the famous Seminole warrior Osceola there. He is buried just outside its gates.



Respectful grave marker for Osceola just outside main gate at Fort Moultrie.



Dr. Moody invites listeners to consider attending CAMP’s October conference in Charleston where they can visit the sites he discusses, as well as Revolutionary and Civil war sites at the port city. Dr Moody closes with an orientation to what CAMP does and how one can learn more about the organization and this fall conference. Find them online at campjamp.org. Registration opens July 15.

Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida. 

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