Exhibits....

South Carolina Dept. of Archives & History

Confrontation to Conflict: South Carolina's Path to the Civil War - A journey down South Carolina’s path from Nullification to Secession as depicted through the State’s documents. Exhibit runs through December 2011.

South Carolina State Museum

The Civil War in South Carolina - The State Museum plans a major, four-year retrospective on the war, beginning with six planned exhibits, two Web sites and a series of programs.

The Coming of the Civil War - Now open!
Duty to State and Family - July 2011
Naval Warfare on the Coast and Failed Attempts to Take Charleston - May 2012
Family, Work and Sacrifice: Domestic Life During the War - March 2013
The War Enters the State’s Interior: Sherman’s March and the End - Feb. 2014
Reconstruction: Hope for Some, Retrenchment for Others - April 2015

South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum

The Colin J. McRae Papers - The McRae Papers will form the backbone for an exhibition linking South Carolina’s involvement in Confederate banking, financing, purchasing, and supply for the entire Southern war effort. The exhibit will also detail what impact the importation of English goods through the blockade had on Confederate soldiers in the field. This exhibit will open at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum during the national Civil War Sesquicentennial Anniversary in 2011.

Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit Series, 2011-2015:
Bold Banners: Early Civil War Flags of South Carolina	May 2011 - September 2012
Religion in the Civil War	October 2011 - May 2012
Civil War in 3D	June 2012 - June 2013
From Backrooms to Battlefields: The Buying and Selling of the Confederacy	April 2013 - April 2015
South Carolinians at the Battle of Gettysburg	June 2013 - January 2014
Carolinas Campaign	March 2014 - February 2015

The Charleston Museum

Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War
Civil War – City Under Siege	Ongoing Permanent Exhibit
Threads of War: Clothing and Textiles of the Civil War	October 14, 2010 - October 30, 2011
Plotting a Siege: Maps of Charleston in the Civil War	September 10, 2011 - December 22, 2011
The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls	April 3, 2012 - June 19, 2012

Other Charleston Area Exhibits

Many of the Civil War's significant events took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Lowcountry Civil War Commemoration Events Page