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    to South Carolina in the American Civil War. Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal...
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    Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina, was an important political and supply center for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Much...
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    Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling...
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    During the American Civil War, North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance, mainly due to the presence of Unionist sentiment within the state...
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    The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina...
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  • The Catawba in the American Civil War participated in the Eastern Theater. From the very beginning, the Catawba allied themselves with the Confederacy...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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    The lower seaboard theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern...
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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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  • The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil Warcivil war in the United States of...
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    The origins of the American Civil War are rooted in the desire of the Southern states to preserve the institution of slavery. Historians in the 21st century...
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  • The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war...
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    of Secession South Carolina in the American Civil War South Carolina was the first of eleven states to secede. McPherson, James M., The Illustrated Battle...
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    Mary Boykin Chesnut (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    November 22, 1886) was an American writer noted for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death...
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    Charleston, South Carolina to defend the region from a naval invasion. It was built after British forces captured and occupied Washington during the War of 1812...
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    over Morris Island, South Carolina during the American Civil War William Moultrie states in his memoirs: "A little time after we were in possession of Fort...
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    veteran of the American Civil War. He was the grandson of Major General Thomas Pinckney and one of the Immortal Six Hundred. Pinckney was the fourth child...
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    The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox...
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    States Rights Gist (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    general in South Carolina, and later a Confederate Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He gained prominence during the war but was killed...
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  • Castle Pinckney (category South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    constructed by the United States government, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1810. It was used very briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp (six...
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    fortifications on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The first fort, formerly named Fort Sullivan...
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    A South Carolina Navy has been formed twice by the State of South Carolina. The first time was during the American Revolutionary War, in which the state...
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  • This is a list of South Carolina Confederate Civil War Units. The list of South Carolina Union Civil War units is shown separately. 1st Infantry, 6 months...
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    Robert Smalls (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    February 23, 1915) was an American politician who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the still enslaved Smalls...
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  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognized the belligerent...
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  • The following is a list of films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) The Civil War by Ken Burns...
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    Matthew Butler (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    lawyer in Edgefield. He was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1860, but resigned in 1861 when the American Civil War began. On...
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    James Chesnut Jr. (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    February 1, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Confederate functionary. Chesnut, a lawyer prominent in South Carolina state politics, served...
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    that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War. The states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama...
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    until the end of the Civil War in 1865. Until slavery's abolition, the free black population of South Carolina never exceeded 2%. Beginning during the Reconstruction...
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