The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry - How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War

Some of the most dramatic and consequential events of the Civil War era took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry between Charleston and Savannah. From Robert Barnwell Rhett's inflammatory 1844 speech in Bluffton calling for secession, to the last desperate attempts by Confederate forces to halt Sherman's juggernaut, the region was torn apart by war.
This history tells the story through the experiences of two radically different military units--the Confederate Beaufort Volunteer Artillery and the U.S. 1st South Carolina Regiment, the first black Union regiment to fight in the war--both organized in Beaufort, the heart of the Lowcountry.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue: "It was a jolly time and we were young"

One. "The finest product of Southern civilization"

Two. "What do I think ob slavery? Murdering of de people"

Three. "He die but he die for doin' de right"

Four. "We can make one long, last, desperate struggle, for our rights and honor"

Five. "The dissolution of the Union is the next step in the path of our glory"

Six. "A grand show of war"

Seven. "The Mosby of the Islands"

Eight. "The bullets were like hail"

Nine. "Ours is the gentlemanly company"

Ten. A Glimpse of Total War: The Burning of Bluffton

Eleven. "Freedom is sweeter than life"

Twelve. "Never have I seen such terrible havoc"

Thirteen. "It is now a question of very few days"

Epilogue: "Everything was going to confusion and ruin"

Appendix I: Rosters

Appendix II: Two Addresses

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Retired museum director Ron Roth curated an exhibition on the history of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery for the Historic Beaufort Foundation in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was a featured speaker on the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery at the 2017 Annual Civil War Symposium of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and was a seasonal historian and licensed guide for the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Product details

• Authors: Ron Roth, Roth Ron
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2019
• EAN: 9781476677101
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7710-1
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 268 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Battles & campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Specific wars and military campaigns