A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
Today, the site is part of the Fort Frederick Heritage ... Beaufort land where the 1st South Carolina Volunteers park is planned already is known for its Civil War history. A berm marks a remnant ...
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American Civil War: Maps, Battlefields, and Generals
The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...
Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
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After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming
O n July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The fierce assault against the Confederate Army—portrayed in the ...
SC could expand legal protections for Confederate monuments unrelated to war
State lawmaker wants to add security for Confederate monuments not just related to the Civil War. It comes as South Carolina ...
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...