Shipwrecks frequently get lost, but a search for four missing Civil War blockade runners off South Carolina has come to the unusual conclusion that at least three are now buried on land. The fourth ...

South Carolina gala marks 150 years after secession, sparks debate on slavery. Dec. 20, 2010— -- It's been 150 years since South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union ahead of ...

A 135-year-old riverfront home in Bluffton, South Carolina, hit the market last week for $4.9 million. The Pritchard House, as it’s known, is named for the property’s original owner, Dr. Paul ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster placed his signature Thursday on a bill that will celebrate a South Carolina Civil War hero on the State House grounds. A ceremonial bill signing for a ...

The Robert Smalls statue will be the first monument to honor an African American person. ¹South Carolina will soon erect its first individual statue for a Black person on its Statehouse lawn in its ...

Children and adults read outside the barracks of Freedman's Village, Arlington, VA, in 1862. The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on ...

"The First Eight" explores the pivotal journey of the state's first Black congressmen who served after the Civil War.

The question of whether America is on the verge of a second civil war has sparked countless think pieces, nonfiction books, speculative novels, even a blockbuster film. It has also triggered an ...