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Duelling Artillerymen

Intra-regimental “Affair of Honor”: 1st South Carolina Artillery’s second-in-command takes out his superior officer It seems noteworthy when the son of the famous secessionist fire-eater Robert B. Rhett kills the nephew of John C. Calhoun, the great champion of Southern … Continue reading

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Mercury Still Fanning the Flames

From The New-York Times April 1, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): NEGRO REGIMENTS TO BE RAISED. The latest sensation in the Cotton States has been caused by an announcement in the New-York correspondence of the Charleston Mercury that the … Continue reading

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Oh, Those Were the Days!

Miss Claudine Rhett describes the glorious autumn of 1860 in Charleston, leading up to South Carolina’s declaration of independence. I was In Charleston all through the autumn and winter of 1860-61, when so much agitation preceded secession. The very air … Continue reading

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