South Carolina's Civil War
Sesquicentennial

About the Sesquicentennial plans in South Carolina:

• Enabling Legislation: http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/104.htm
   
• Summary of Sesquicentennial Statewide Meetings for Citizen Input
   
• April 30, 2007 Minutes of the SC Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
   
• March 6, 2008 Minutes of the SC Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
   
• November 12, 2008 Minutes of the SC Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
   
• September 25, 2009 Minutes of the SC Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
   
• December 10, 2009 Minutes of the SC Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
   

Learn more about the Civil War in South Carolina

• Events in SC
   
• Civil War Related SC Places 
   
• Exhibits in SC
   
• Military and Naval Operations in South Carolina 1860-65, a chronological list
   
• Ordinance of Secession - not missing
   
• Roll of the Dead
   
• "The Boys Behind the Gun: The Citadel Cadets Who Fired the First Shot on the 'Star of the West'" - produced for the Centennial of the Civil War and tells of the Citadel Cadets firing on the U.S. vessel, Star of the West.
   
• SC Civil War Bibliography
   
• On-line Records Index - use the index to search at the SC Archives for SC Confederate Pension Applications, 1919-1938
  
• Sale of Currency on eBay: The SC Archives is selling bank notes issued by the Bank of South  Carolina during the Civil War on eBay. The Archives has many thousands of such bank notes that should have been destroyed in the 1880s after being redeemed. High quality sets of the bank notes will be retained at the Archives and at the State Museum, with the vast quantities of other bank notes at the Archives being prepared for the online auctions. The proceeds from the eBay sales are used to help pay for the preservation and conservation of our collections.  SC State Surplus is handling the auctions and periodically posts bank notes on eBay. Visit: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/scgovtsurplus. For questions or more information please contact Heather South southh@scdah.state.sc.us.
  
   

Learn more about the Sesquicentennial and other Civil War Commemmorations

• The Sesquicentennial in the News - "The Civil War News" provides information about Civil War related events, sites, books, etc.
• View Civil War Chronologies
• More Sesquicentennial Links
• See www.arc-cw150stories.com to share your story about the Civil War in Appalachia. The Appalachian Regional Commission is compiling "Stories from the Home Front" to help travelers and residents understand the full impact of the Civil War on the region.

Pictured  (slideshow) above right: 

• Secession Banner Many banners flew on the streets of Charleston, but this one was moved to hang over the table when the Ordinance of Secession was signed on December 20, 1860.  Painted by Isaac B. Alexander of Camden, it depicts South Carolina as the keystone of a new republic. South Carolina Historical Society

• The Grand Secession March The Grand Secession March was played for Governor Francis W. Pickens on December 21, 1860, as celebrations of South Carolina's secession spread throughout the South.  Governor Pickens spoke from the balcony of Charleston's Mills House hotel in an evening ceremony.  Bells had rung and bonfires had burned until past midnight the previous day, "Secession Day." South Caroliniana Library

• The Palmetto State Song The cover of the sheet music for "The Palmetto State Song" contains the only known  image of the signing of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession on the evening of December 20, 1860.  During the historic event, applause from the capacity crowd of nearly 3,000 shook Institute Hall.  Little-known artist A. Grinevald drew the scene. South Caroliniana Library

For more information contact: Ben Hornsby
             Tel. 803.896.6265
             E-mail: bfhornsby@scdah.state.sc.us