It can be difficult for anyone, especially for a civilian who has never heard a shot fired in anger, to…
A sickly boy made his way slowly through the streets of Columbia, South Carolina. Few would have predicted any kind…
If you visit the home of Charles Pinckney, you will find no monument commemorating his achievements as signer of the…
Bookcases in the the library of Aiken, the 19th century governor of South Carolina.
The horse stables at the Aiken-Rhett House. Aiken was Governor of South Carolina and one of the richest men in…
For many years there was a story told about Lt. George Dixon and a special gold coin... The story goes…
This plantation is on James Island, very close to where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. The…
The big mystery of the H. L. Hunley, the first successful military submarine, is why it sunk and how the crew…
The third, and most sophisticated submarine that one group of Confederates built was named after one of the builders -…
Today we are visiting the museum of the first submarine to ever sink a ship... The Hunley. Horace Hunley was…