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Buford's Massacre Site, also known as Buford's Battleground, is a historic site and national historic district located near Lancaster, South Carolina. Two monuments at the site mark the battleground where the Battle of Waxhaws (also known as Buford's massacre) took place. A white monument ten feet tall, erected on June 2, 1860, marked the ...
Before the battle, on February 1, General Sherman began his invasion of South Carolina. [4] During the campaign he ordered Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and his cavalry corps from the Fifth U.S Cavalry to march through South Carolina. [4] [5] By February 5, he crossed into Aiken County where he would engage in battle with Joseph Wheeler's cavalry corps.
South Carolina's Confederate Dead (1879), also known as the South Carolina Soldiers Monument. [4] It was unveiled before a crowd of 15,000. [5] The monument was largely destroyed by lightning in 1882, but was replaced by the state two years later. [5] It is positioned on the northern end of the State House grounds.
The Nationwide Gravesite Locator Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine contains the names of numerous executed soldiers, many of them listed as being General Prisoners. The U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775–2006 (payment required) contains the names of numerous executed soldiers, many of them listed as being General Prisoners.
The Florence Stockade, also known as The Stockade or the Confederate States Military Prison at Florence, was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp located on the outskirts of Florence, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. It operated from September 1864 through February 1865; during this time, as many as 18,000 Union soldiers were ...
BY HARRIET MCLEOD (Reuters) - Attorneys in South Carolina say they have fresh evidence that warrants a new trial in the case of a 14-year-old black teenager put to death nearly 70 years ago for ...
In 2021 the General Assembly expanded execution methods to include the electric chair and a firing squad. Including Owens, 32 people sit on death row in South Carolina. Seventeen inmates — or 53 ...
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