Charleston’s Charm Hides a Bloody History

Some of the fiercest battles took place in South Carolina, but its part in the fight for independence is often overlooked.
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Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina

Click to open image viewer. Children find shelter under a replica of the first Confederate flag as they look out to Fort Sumter from the Battery in downtown Charleston, S.C. April 11, 2011. Moments ...

Wicked SC Lowcountry: Meet ACE Basin native, Civil War hero Robert Smalls

More than 161 years after hijacking a Confederate ship for a historic joyride to freedom, a Civil War hero is being honored ...
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Commentary: The lasting impact of the HL Hunley

On a summer day 25 years ago, the Lowcountry witnessed something that seemed straight out of a movie: the careful lifting of a 19th-century submarine from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The ...
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Civil War maritime art exhibit features impression of SC Lowcountry

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Xanthus Smith wanted to be a Hudson River School landscape artist like his father. But the Civil War interrupted the Philadelphia artist's plans. A new exhibit opens Friday at the ...
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Civil War hero Robert Smalls honored with historic first statue at South Carolina statehouse

A new statue honoring Civil War hero and former congressman Robert Smalls will become the first monument of an individual African American on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. Artist Basil Watson ...