South Carolina – Civil War – 1861-1865

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SC Civil War Battles, Forts

• SC Civil War battles
• Fort Moultrie
• Fort Palmetto
• Fort Sumter
  – Brief overview - includes picture, map
  – Tour - includes diagrams
  – Flags of Fort Sumter - PDF
  – Fort Sumter National Monument - park and tour boat info
  – Events leading to Fort Sumter
  

SC Civil War Regiments

• 1st (Martin's) SC Mounted Militia Regiment
  – Roster
  
• 2nd SC Cavalry - Hampton Legion
  
• 5th SC Cavalry Regiment - Butler's Cavalry Brigade - Army of Northern Virginia Defense of South Carolina
  – Brief History
  – Engagements
  – Roster
  
• 7th SC Cavalry Regiment - Company F 7th Regiment SC Cavalry
  
• 33rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry - Union unit organized from the 1st South Carolina Infantry (African Descent)
  
• 34th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry - Union unit organized from the 2nd South Carolina Infantry (African Descent)
  
• Aiken Independent Mounted Infantry

Notable SC Civil War Figures

The following people were either born in South Carolina or spent a significant amount of their lives here.

• Anderson, Richard Heron - click, then scroll down
• Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller
• Smalls, Captain Robert
• Steedman, Isaiah George Washington

CSS H.L. Hunley

• Friends of the Hunley
  – Tour the Hunley - directions, times
  

Related SC Civil War Resources

• Letters, diaries, documents
• Maps
• The Civil War in South Carolina
• South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum - Columbia
• University of South Carolina Civil War Digital Collection - includes books, diaries, sheet music, maps, letters, photographs and illustrations to provide glimpses of everyday life
  

Further Civil War Studies

• Dixie, Song of the South - composer, history, music, lyrics, critics
  
• Myths about Slavery and the Civil War
• CivilWar@Smithsonian Resources
• Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress