Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in ...

South Carolina's history is deeply woven into the fabric of the United States, spanning from the early colonial period through the American Revolution and into the turbulence of the Civil War.

A cleanup of toxic waste in a South Carolina river netted something positive: historic artifacts. In the river's debris, weapons from the Civil War were found. The Congee River was hiding ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of Civil War weapons from South Carolina’s Congaree River. Cannonballs, artillery shells and other items have been lurking in the waterway since February ...

South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing ...

With that move, South Carolina has elected to deploy a form of capital punishment not used in the state since the Civil War. The reason South Carolina adopted the firing squad is straightforward ...