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.

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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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 ...
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Former 3,500-acre Civil War site near Charleston will become 50 homesites

RAVENEL — When Danny Hellams pulls onto the dirt road leading to his 47-acre property, his troubles roll off him like the dust from his tires. For five years, the former president of Bank of America ...
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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 ...
The State

Walking in this pre-Civil War SC mansion for auction is like stepping into the past. Take a look

The early 1800 house was built by Nathaniel Ingraham, a merchant who served on naval hero John Paul Jones’s Revolutionary War ship Bon Homme Richard. Nick Cannon Provided A Charleston harbor front ...