Confederate Museum

The stately Greek Revival Market Hall marks the beginning of Charleston's famous shopping venue, the Old City Market. The temple-like structure marks the site of a 19th-century meat market. Local architect Edward Brickell White designed Market Hall in 1841 of stucco-covered brick scored to look like blocks of stone. On the second floor, the Daughters of the Confederacy now show off their collection of uniforms, weapons, photographs and flags--including the original Secession flag--relating to the War Between the States. The first shots of the Civil War rang out on April 12, 1861 from Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.