The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry : how a Confederate artillery battery and a Black Union regiment defined the war

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Label

The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry : how a Confederate artillery battery and a Black Union regiment defined the war

Title remainder

how a Confederate artillery battery and a Black Union regiment defined the war

Statement of responsibility

Ron Roth

Title variation

Civil War in the South Carolina low country

Creator

• Roth, Ron, 1948-

Subject

• Beaufort County (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Confederate States of America, Army | Confederate States of America | Beaufort Volunteer Artillery
• South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
• United States, Army -- African American troops | History -- 19th century
• United States, Army | South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--Page [4] of cover

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.7/457

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E470.6

LC item number

.R68 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography