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  2. South Carolina in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    t. e. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, is generally recognized as the first military engagement of the war.

  3. List of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units - Wikipedia

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    Private Eli Franklin of Company B, 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Private Amos Guise of Co. H, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Civil War veteran Masten Roe, Co. B, 14th South Carolina Infantry, in U.C.V. uniform with medals. 1st Infantry, 6 months, 1861. 1st (Butler's) South Carolina Regulars.

  4. Richard Rowland Kirkland - Wikipedia

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    Richard Rowland Kirkland (August 1843 – September 20, 1863), known as "The Angel of Marye's Heights", was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, noted by both sides for his bravery and the story of his humanitarian actions during the Battle of Fredericksburg . Monument depicting Kirkland giving water to wounded Union troops at ...

  5. 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored)

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    The 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) was a Union Army regiment during the American Civil War, formed by General Rufus Saxton. It was composed of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida. The 1st SC Volunteer Infantry black regiment was formed in 1862 and became the 33rd United States Colored Troops Regiment in ...

  6. List of Confederate monuments and memorials in South Carolina

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    Bennettsville: Confederate Monument (1907) [1] Camden : Confederate War Memorial (1883) [1] Richard Kirkland Memorial Fountain (1911) [1] Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston : Confederate Defenders of Charleston - Contains two bronze allegorical statues. The male figure, nude, is the defending warrior, with a sword in his right hand and a ...

  7. Columbia, South Carolina, in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Cotton was the lifeblood of the Columbia community, as before the Civil War, directly or indirectly, virtually all of the city's commercial and economic activity was related to cotton. [2] Columbia's First Baptist Church hosted the South Carolina Secession Convention on December 17, 1860, with delegates selected a month earlier at Secession Hill.

  8. Fort Wagner - Wikipedia

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    Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor. Named for deceased Lt. Col. Thomas M. Wagner, it was the site of two American Civil War battles in the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston in 1863, in which United ...

  9. Battle of Fort Sumter - Wikipedia

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    President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers. v. t. e. The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with its surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War .