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Charleston Mercury, Union is Dissolved — The Charleston Mercury announces South Carolina’s vote to secede.

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Christ Church, Columbia, S.C.

Carte-de-visite taken by Richard Wearn of Columbia soon after Sherman’s visit in Feb. 1865.

(1861–1865). In early 1865, as General William Tecumseh Sherman’s armies crossed the Savannah River from Georgia into the Palmetto State,…

The blockade of Charleston

Ruins in the heart of Charleston -- view from King Street

Port Royal expedition -- The morning detail of the 4th New Hampshire volunteers going to work on the Hilton Head fortifications.