During the Civil War, the area was occupied by Union troops from 1863, according to the city’s website.The troops overcame “jungle-like foliage” to build roads, forts, an artillery battery ...

One of the first post-Civil War property crimes against black people involved land. ... South Carolina didn’t fully integrate its schools until 17 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ...

Josephine Wright and her late husband, Samuel Wright Sr., moved from New York to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, nearly 30 years ago to seek peace and relaxation on a family-owned property.

During the Civil War, many meteorologists on land stopped keeping records. But officers on U.S. Navy ships offshore — including those blockading Charleston — didn't. Now, a private-public ...

History is usually written by the victors, said Gregory Lamb in The Christian Science Monitor. But in the case of the U.S. Civil War, the losing side’s perspective is still very much alive. This ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Democratic Party is responding after presidential candidate and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was asked about the cause of the Civil War and didn ...

All along the South Carolina coast, land owned by the descendants of enslaved people is being targeted by developers looking to make money on vacation getaways and new homes.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. – Civil War-era cannonballs have been detonated in South Carolina after Hurricane Matthew uncovered the old military ordnance in Folly Beach. A local resident came across th… ...