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Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers hailed from Sea Islands. Beaufort park will tell unsung story
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and Battery Creek ...
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South Carolina to Erect Its First-Ever Statue Honoring African American: A Civil War Hero Who Posed as a Confederate Soldier to Steal a Slaver's Ship
Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1839. He gained notoriety during the Civil War after ...
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African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in 1915 in ... In May 1862, during the Civil War, the steel-nerved ship pilot waited for the ship’s white Confederate crew ...
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Final expansion of the 163-year-old Beaufort cemetery will give vets a resting place
Space must be maximized at the 163-year graveyard and concrete crypts that can hold two caskets are part of an expansion to extend its life ...
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A Charlottean’s weekend getaway guide to visiting history-packed Beaufort, South Carolina
Beaufort lives on as one of the oldest cities in South Carolina, rich in Reconstruction history. After the Union Army occupied the town in 1861 during the Civil War, it became a center for early ...
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French hero greeted like ‘rock star’ in Beaufort 200 years ago. Cannon blast to mark return
In March of 1825, Marquise de Lafayette arrived in Beaufort, South Carolina via the Beaufort River ... Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He became a war hero and a major general ...