Hellfire Over Charleston 546 Days of Bombardment, Survival, and Defiance

Name: Hellfire Over Charleston 546 Days of Bombardment, Survival, and Defiance
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ISBN: 9798235104211

Julia Wolbrook

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English

Serena Capuozzo
07 May 2026

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Military history; Local history

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When the first shells fell, no one in Charleston believed it would last. Not the generals. Not the citizens. Not even those who swore they were prepared for war.

But it did last.

And then it endured.

For 546 relentless days, Charleston became something unrecognizable, yet unbreakable. Streets once alive with commerce and culture were swallowed by smoke, fire, and silence between explosions. Families were torn between evacuation and defiance. Soldiers fought not only an advancing enemy, but exhaustion, starvation, and the crushing weight of a siege that never seemed to end.

Hellfire Over Charleston is the gripping chronicle of a city pushed to the edge of annihilation, and the people who refused to disappear.

Through vivid, cinematic storytelling, this book plunges you into the lived reality of bombardment: the nights lit by burning rooftops, the underground networks of survival, the whispered acts of courage that never made it into official reports, and the impossible choices made in moments when every option came at a cost.

This is not just military history. It is a portrait of endurance under fire.

Hellfire Over Charleston is for readers of epic war histories, human survival narratives, and anyone who has ever wondered what remains when a city is stripped of everything, except its will to endure.

By: Julia Wolbrook
Imprint: Serena Capuozzo
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 141g
ISBN: 9798235104211
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 07 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active