1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Blackbeard John's River in northern Florida)

John's River in northern Florida) was settled in the late 1500s

at the end of the Civil War

The Angel Oak is an iconic symbol of the Charleston area

This image is enhanced with a painting of a crab

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1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Blackbeard John's River in northern Florida)This 1872 Birdseye View map of Charleston shows a city much changed from its pre war vitality. In 1865, at the end of the Civil War, Charleston was a city in ruins. It had vacant buildings and damaged homes, wharves that were decayed and rotten, deserted warehouses, overgrown gardens, a high number of orphans and widows, poverty, and little cultural identity. The Civil War had taken its toll on South Carolina, particularly Charleston. South Carolinas