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WSAV Savannah on MSN13d
Beaufort park to honor first black civil war soldiers in South Carolina
The city of Beaufort, South Carolina is planning to turn six acres of land into The South Carolina Volunteers of African ...
The Island Packet26d
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
Today, the site is part of the Fort ... Chris Allen The Beaufort land where the 1st South Carolina Volunteers park is planned already is known for its Civil War history. A berm marks a remnant ...
The Christian Post on MSN13d
SC church gets historic marker for Civil War ministry among ex-slaves
A historic South Carolina church that has existed since the Civil War was recently bestowed the honor of a historical marker ...
PBS4mon
The Civil War and emancipation
South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
Terrorized African-Americans Found Their Champion in Civil War Hero Robert Smalls
After serving the Union cause as a pilot for the rest of the Civil War, he returned to South Carolina, opened a general store that catered to the needs of freedmen, bought his deceased master’s ...