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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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    During the American Civil War, North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance, mainly due to the presence of Southern Unionist sentiment within...
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    Charleston, South Carolina, played a pivotal role at the start of the American Civil War as a stronghold of secession and an important Atlantic port for the Confederate...
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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 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 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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    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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    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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    Events leading to the American Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions End of Atlantic slave trade Missouri Compromise Tariff of...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    known as the Union. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when South Carolina's militia attacked Fort Sumter. Four slave states of the Upper South—Virginia...
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    Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    still lived alone in Pendleton, South Carolina, during the Civil War. During this time, Calhoun needed to travel back and forth from "The Home" to her mother...
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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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    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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    Thomas Drayton (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    erected in 1985 by the state of South Carolina near Hilton Head in Beaufort County. American Civil War portal Biography portal List of American Civil War generals...
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  • German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War[citation needed]. More than 200,000 native-born Germans...
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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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    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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    The Cherokee in the American Civil War were active in the Trans-Mississippi and Western Theaters. In the east, Confederate Cherokees led by William Holland...
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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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    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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    Johnson Hagood (governor) (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    was named in his honor. Hagood, South Carolina is named for him, as well as several streets throughout South Carolina. American Civil War portal Biography...
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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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