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The Civil War in South Carolina

The year 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, possibly the biggest single event in American history since the American Revolution severed the ties between England and its 13 colonies in 1776. A number of states, including South Carolina, will observe the anniversary of the war years.

The State Museum plans a major, four-year retrospective on the war, beginning with six planned exhibits and a series of programs.
 

Exhibits

The Coming of the Civil War  -  Now open!
Soldiers of the Palmetto State 1861 - 1865: "We Left in a Storm of Cheers" - Now Open!
Naval Warfare and Failed Attempts to Take Charleston
 June 30 2012
Family, Work and Sacrifice: Domestic Life During the War
 March 2013
The War Enters the State’s Interior: Sherman’s March and the End
 Feb. 2014
Reconstruction: Hope for Some, Retrenchment for Others April 2015
 
 
View the Museum's collection of stereoscopic images from the Civil War