Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina While traveling along the East Coast in 1791, “taking heads” of ...

George Washington was a tad frustrated. In 1796, the president asked Charleston native Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to serve as his minister to France, an important position given the ongoing ...

Guarding the entrance to the harbor on Sullivan’s Island was Fort Moultrie, then under the command of Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Anchored offshore was the powerful British fleet under ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a leading South Carolina lawyer, ...

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 75, of Fallbrook died Saturday. He was born in Minneapolis and was a creator and founder of the Fallbrook Art & Cultural Center. Survivors include his daughter, Susan ...