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Allen also took notes on the language, songs and music he heard which he later published. In 1862, General Ormsby M. Mitchel helped African Americans to found the town of Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island. In 1865 President Andrew Johnson ended the experiment, returning the land to its previous white owners.
Hilton Head Island had tremendous significance in the Civil War and became an important base of operations for the Union blockade of the Southern ports, particularly Savannah and Charleston. The Union also built a military hospital on Hilton Head Island with a 1,200-foot (370 m) frontage and a floor area of 60,000 square feet (6,000 m 2). [32]
In The Forgotten History: Hilton Head During the Civil War. Charles C. McCracken and Faith M. McCracken eds. Time Again Publication. Hilton Head Island, SC. 1993. Carse, Robert, Department of the South: Hilton Head Island in the Civil War. State Printing Company, Columbia. 1981. Holmgren, Virginia C., Hilton Head Island: A Sea Island Chronicle.
Henry Driessen Jr., 96, who served on the Town of Hilton Head’s first town council, died Monday morning, according to his obituary. He represented Ward 1 for five terms including his inaugural ...
The school operated until all African-American children attended the new consolidated Hilton Head Elementary School in 1954. [3] The St. James Baptist Church purchased the school in 1956, and used the building as a multi-purpose space. [3] The church extended and renovated the building in 1984. [4] [5]
Saying goodbye to Hilton Head’s first Black licensed builder | Opinion
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) — Tradition, culture, education and entertainment are the essence of rich and historic celebration happening on Hilton Head Island this Saturday. The Gullah ...
Charles Elbert Fraser (June 13, 1929 – December 15, 2002) was an American real estate developer whose vision helped transform South Carolina's Hilton Head Island from a sparsely populated sea island into a world-class resort.