14
May
Free at Last: The Civil War Ends
On April 9, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia and
14
May
Land Disputes: Hilton Head Island/Mitchelville is Spared
Following Lincoln’s assassination, President Andrew Johnson repealed a special order which distributed abandoned land to the formerly enslaved. This caused
The Last Straw: the Devastating Hurricane of 1893
On the night of August 27, 1893, a major hurricane, the largest and most powerful to hit South Carolina until
