English settlers founded me in 1670 at Albemarle Point on the western bank of the Ashley River. Originally named Charles Town in honor of His Majesty, Charles II, of England, I was relocated to my present site at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers in 1680. I have endured five major fires, a devastating earthquake, numerous hurricanes, and two national wars. During both the Revolutionary War and The War of Northern Aggression, enemy armies occupied me, and the first shots of the War of Northern Aggression were fired at Ft. Sumter in my Harbor. With many well-preserved structures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, I am one of the most historic cities in America.
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