Learn the individual stories of men and women who were involved in major events leading up to, during and after the The Civil War (1861-1865).
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Best known as the "Savior of Mount Vernon," Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1875) had the distinction, for a long time, of being the only woman whose portrait hung in the South Carolina State House. From...
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The host ties the reenactment together at various intervals in the story in various spots around Columbia that are particularly associated with Sherman's invasion, such as the area across the Congaree...
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The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
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REENACTMENT: Four of the principals at Fort Sumter discuss in retrospect events that led to the "firing of the first shot of the Civil War." These people are: Major Robert Anderson; Commander of the...
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Born near Society Hill, James Lide Coker (1837-1918) attended local schools, the South Carolina Military Institute of Charleston, and Harvard University, where he received specialized agricultural...
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Born in Camden, Colonel James Chesnut (1815-1885) graduated from Princeton and began a law practice in Camden. He served several terms in the South Carolina state legislature from 1840 to 1858. In...
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Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-1886) was the wife of James Chesnut Jr., and a famous Civil War diarist. Born near Camden, she attended private schools; at Madame Talvande's School in Charleston she first...
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James H. Carlisle (1825-1909), president of Wofford College from 1850-1904, was responsible for the emergence of this Methodist school as an outstanding liberal arts college by the late 19th century...
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Born in 1813 at Red Bank (now Saluda) in the Edgefield District, Governor Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1910) attended private schools in Edgefield and Abbeville (South Carolina), and the South Carolina...
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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was a native of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in January, 1861, but resigned that...
