Tim Murphy
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens consistently ranks among the top tourist attractions in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a...
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Tim Murphy
Aug 1813 min read
Fort Moultrie
Between 1776 and 1947, Fort Moultrie served as the guardian of Charleston Harbor. The defensive work endured a baptism by fire during the...
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Tim Murphy
Jun 95 min read
Colonial Dorchester
On December 5, 1695, Reverend Joseph Lord—a Puritan minister from Massachusetts—and several dozen members of his congregation boarded the...
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Tim Murphy
May 2618 min read
Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired upon the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter—an island fortress centered in Charleston Harbor,...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 2414 min read
The Battle of Bentonville
On December 21, 1864, the port city of Savannah, Georgia, unconditionally surrendered to Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and his...
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Tim Murphy
Feb 187 min read
Drayton Hall
Maintained in an exceptional state of preservation, Drayton Hall encapsulates early American history with irreplicable authenticity. This...
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Tim Murphy
Jan 714 min read
Mammoth Cave
An ethereal environment lies beneath the hills of Kentucky; a gargantuan natural phenomenon unrivaled in magnitude and sublimity. Mammoth...
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Tim Murphy
Oct 29, 202316 min read
The Lizzie Borden House
On August 4, 1892, a horrific crime of seismic proportions sent shockwaves through the headlines. An elderly New England couple...
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Tim Murphy
Oct 1, 20235 min read
The Jim Beam Distillery
From humble beginnings as a family still in the Kentucky bluegrass, Jim Beam has evolved into the world’s best-selling bourbon—the...
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Tim Murphy
Sep 17, 202327 min read
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
After christening the new year with a hard-fought victory at Stones River, the Federal war effort in Middle Tennessee stalled during the...
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Tim Murphy
Jul 30, 20239 min read
The Battle of New Market
When Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of all Federal armies in March 1864, he endeavored to strategize a cohesive war...
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Tim Murphy
Jul 9, 20239 min read
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
The socioeconomic programs of Reconstruction stimulated extensive infrastructural development within the former Confederate states....
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Tim Murphy
Jun 25, 20233 min read
The Dunlap Coke Ovens
The scientific innovations conceived during the Second Industrial Revolution stimulated technological advancements in transportation,...
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Tim Murphy
Jun 4, 20237 min read
Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery
In February 1807, Virginia-born planter John Harding and his wife, Susannah Shute, purchased a 250-acre homestead seven miles south of...
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Tim Murphy
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Jack Daniel's Distillery
Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, between 1846 and 1850—period archival records were destroyed in an...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 12, 20236 min read
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse and Museum
Mosquito Inlet—first charted in April 1513 by Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon—was a relatively uninhabited estuary during the...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 5, 202316 min read
Castillo de San Marcos
Located in St. Augustine, Florida, Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest surviving example of European masonry fortifications in America....
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Tim Murphy
Oct 30, 20227 min read
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Tuberculosis (TB) was a well-established global affliction during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The disease—commonly referred...
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Tim Murphy
Oct 23, 202222 min read
The Battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House
The American Civil War’s third full year of combat was its most vicious and destructive yet. The Battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and...
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Tim Murphy
Sep 11, 202214 min read
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside lasted only a single campaign as head of the Army of the Potomac. His abject failure at Fredericksburg,...
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