▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁church ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁Goth ic ▁architecture ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁style ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁English ▁Per pend icular ▁Goth ic ▁Rev ival . ▁ ▁The ▁large ▁Chan cel ▁window ▁was ▁manufact ured ▁by ▁the ▁Henry ▁E . ▁Sh arp ▁glass ▁works ▁of ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 . ▁The ▁two ▁side ▁windows ▁in ▁the ▁Chan cel ▁are ▁also ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁glass ▁works ▁and ▁mostly ▁painted ▁and ▁et ched ▁glass . ▁The ▁main ▁window ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁old ▁and ▁new ▁test aments . ▁Al ong ▁the ▁top   of ▁the ▁window ▁are ▁representations ▁of ▁the ▁writers ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁g osp els ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁are ▁A aron , ▁Mos es , ▁and ▁the ▁Ark ▁of ▁the ▁C oven ant . ▁ ▁Civil ▁War ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁began , ▁the ▁Great ▁Char l eston ▁Fire ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 1 ▁swe pt ▁across ▁the ▁pen ins ula . ▁It ▁destroyed ▁five ▁churches ▁but ▁narrow ly ▁missed ▁the ▁Un itar ian ▁church . ▁ ▁Federal ▁bomb ard ment ▁of ▁Char l eston ▁began ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 3 . ▁The ▁church ▁was ▁within ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁Union ▁batter ies ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁hit ▁during ▁eigh teen ▁months ▁of ▁shell ing . ▁Char l eston ▁surrender ed ▁to ▁Union ▁troops ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 6 5 . ▁ ▁H urr icane ▁of ▁ 1 8