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After delays, Confederate sub turned upright
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is upright for the first time in almost 150 years.
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Charleston fort sold to Sons of Confederate Vets
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A crumbling 19th century fort in Charleston Harbor has been sold to the Sons of Confederate Veterans for $10.
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NC revises number of Confederate war dead downward
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina researcher says no more than 35,000 Confederate soldiers from the state died in the Civil War, about 5,000 fewer than the long-held count that allowed the state to claim more casualties than any other state.
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Women remembered for their roles in Confederacy
ANDERSON, SC — The keynote speaker at a Confederate memorial service in Anderson Saturday paid homage to women who served as spies and fought on the battlefield during the Civil War.
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This Week in The Civil War: Preparing For War
By the second week of May, Union and Confederate forces are moving troops and mobilizing for the looming fight.
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Civil War guide touts spy, life off battlefields
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - There are battlefields, and then there's Belle Boyd, a sexy Confederate spy from West Virginia.
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The Civil War affected technology
While the Civil War was a historic turning point for the United States in terms of the political structure, it was also gave rise to several modern practices, clearinghouses and weapons.
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Legacies of Civil War reverberate across Columbia
On April 15, 1861, just after Confederates shelled Fort Sumter, Kizzie Brevard took out her diary.
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Few blacks attend Civil War anniversary events
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Audiences for the events commemorating the start of the war that extinguished slavery have been nearly all-white, and the reasons aren't exactly a mystery.
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Bronze stars mark Union shell strikes on SC Statehouse
From statues to plaques, the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, and the building itself, are rich with historical markers related to the Civil War.
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Statehouse, grounds rich with Civil War history, markers
From statues to plaques, the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, and the building itself, are rich with historical markers related to the Civil War.
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Confederate Relic Room home to many regimental flags
The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is home to many South Carolina regimental flags from the Civil War -- one of them a Union flag. The flags, and many other relics, are on display at the museum, located in the South Carolina State Museum building in Columbia.
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From beginning to end
More than a year before the beginning of hostilities, Confederate Maj. Frederick Warley of Darlington organized a military unit called the “Darlington Guards.”
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Prison camp, and then — a graveyard
It was ordered that a POW camp be constructed in Florence and worked began in the fall of 1864.
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Black drummer of the Confederacy
Henry “Uncle Dad” Brown guaranteed himself a place in history 150 years ago when he volunteered to be a drummer in the Confederate Army.
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Military hospital at RR junction
Florence’s history as a medical hub for the Pee Dee predates Drs. McLeod, Bruce and Lee and, in some ways, the city itself.
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Actual War in the Pee Dee
Though hardly a major theater in the Civil War, the Pee Dee was the site of several small skirmishes near war’s end. Here’s a look at the engagements in the area.
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Museum owner recalls discovering Civil War ship
MYRTLE BEACH - When Ted Gragg was growing up, he didn't need television shows or video games to keep him occupied.
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Our very own naval yard
As far as the Confederate States of America was concerned, the east bank of the Great Pee Dee River in Marion County, nearly 100 twisting miles from the Atlantic Ocean, was the perfect spot place for a naval yard.
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There goes General Lee
Gen. Robert E. Lee passed through Florence twice during the war, both on the same 1861-62 trip south to inspect coastal defenses around Charleston.
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The CSS Pee Dee
The mightiest fighting vessel to roam the waters of the Great Pee Dee River during the Civil War was the eponymous CSS Pee Dee. That it was one of the only fighting vessels in those waters does not diminish the accomplishment of those who built it.
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Cheraw was a good place for Sherman's boys to calm down
Union Gen. William T. Sherman's march took him through Cheraw in March 1865.
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Forced duty at Fort Finger
Though no major battles were fought in the Pee Dee the area had several assets that were considered important to the Confederacy’s war effort, and hence, possible targets for enemy action.
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Battle of New Orleans Award
The last battle of the War of 1812 was Gen. Andrew Jackson’s decisive victory in the Battle of New Orleans, which occurred after the treaty ending the war was signed.
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Poet Laureate of the Confederacy
Charleston’s Henry Timrod, sometimes called the “Poet Laureate of the Confederacy,” lived in the nascent town of Florence for about five years from 1856 to 1861.
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