Overview :Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General Halleck, in writing to General W.T. Sherm... Read More
Overview :South Carolinians have long desired a route for water navigation from Columbia to Charleston. An early Santee Canal effort ended in failure ... Read More
Overview :In February 1862, after defeats at Bull Run and at Wilson's Creek in Missouri, the Union army was desperate for victory on the eve of its fi... Read More
Overview :In this engaging volume, local historian Douglas Bostick reveals the unacknowledged history of the second community in South Carolina, settl... Read More
Overview :After the Battle of Perryville in October 1862, the focus of the Civil War in the West shifted back to Tennessee. The Union Army of the Cumb... Read More
Overview :Join Charleston historian Doug Bostick as he traces the political turmoil of 1860 and early 1861, when the firebrands of secession in Charle... Read More