The Civil War Years

Selected Civil War Bibliography
Patrick McCawley 44 pages
PH11 .... $3.75
This publication from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History lists over 450 titles, published from 1863 to 1996, that help you find the sources needed for answering research questions about the Civil War. Other bibliographies, general histories and those of particular fighting units, letters and diaries, prisons, biographies, flags, uniforms, specific campaigns - they're all subjects included in this 44-page booklet.

South Carolina's antebellum militia
Michael E. Stauffer. 28 pages. Illustrations/Maps/Charts.
PH10....$4.75
This publication draws on records of the adjutant and inspector general, statutes, contemporary newspaper articles, references in private manuscripts, and various petitions and legislative reports to describe the organization of the militia in both words and maps. It lists volunteer companies and includes a transcription of two pages of the Confederate Historian's rolls of South Carolina volunteers in the Confederate States Provisional Army.

Relic of the lost cause: The story of South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession
Charles H. Lesser. 30 pages. Illustrations/Photos.
PH2....$7.75
This well-illustrated book gives a lively account of the events leading up to and following South Carolina's ratification of the Ordinance of Secession in Charleston on the fateful evening of December 20, 1860. It describes many of the signers and follows the trail of the document itself to its home today in the Department's collection.

Ordinance of Secession
12" x 14" Presentation Folder.
PD0....$4.25
A facsimile of the original Ordinance of Secession from the Department's collection. The signing of the Ordinance at the Secession Convention in Charleston in 1860 followed by the attack on Fort Sumter signaled the onset of the Civil War.

South Carolina Secedes: A Drama in Three Acts
Alexia J. Helsley
56 pages. Spiral bound. Photos/Illustrations/Facsimiles/Bibliography.
PC11 .... $12.75
Presented like a shakespearean tragedy, this curriculum resource examines the events that immediately preceded ratification, demonstrates the historical impact of the decisions that were made, and looks at the long-tem implications secession had for South Carolina.

Artificial limbs for Confederate Soldiers
Patrick J. McCawley. 40 pages. Index. Illustrations/Photos.
PH12....$4.75
Traces the legislation that supplied Confederate veterans with artificial limbs; an extensive index lists alphabetically the names of individuals who applied for art-ificial limbs. The index spans the years from 1867 to 1908.

Guide to Civil War records: A guide to the records in the South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Patrick J. McCawley. 81 pages. Index. Illustrations/Photos.
PH20....$6.75
The Archives houses a unique collection of original documents and a large microfilm collection of both federal and private papers. This guide provides an in-depth description of those records relating to the Civil War and Confederate veterans. State and county records, National Archives microfilm, indexes from other state archives, private manuscripts and other printed sources are catalogued and briefly described with regard to content and format.

Curriculum Packet #6: South Carolina African Americans in the Civil War: two sides to a story
PC6....$4.75
This packet uses militia rolls, letters, and a variety of other documents to describe the services that African Americans gave to both the Union and the Confederacy. Available on CD-ROM

Topics in African American History 3: Whom we would never more see: History and archaeology recover the lives and deaths of African American Civil War soldiers on Folly Island, South Carolina
Steven D. Smith. 50 pages. Maps/Photos.
PH17....$6.75
Four days before the Christmas of 1863, Private William Herbert of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry died of typhoid and was buried on Folly Island, South Carolina, 1,070 miles from his snow-covered home in Nova Scotia. This is the story of his final year of life as a soldier, his rediscovery by archaeologists, and his eventual reburial with at least seventeen fellow soldiers in Beaufort National Cemetery.

South Carolina’s African American Confederate Pensioners 1923-1925
Alexia Jones Helsley
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
140 pages, Perfect bound, introduction, photos, appendices, index
PH28 .... $14.75
This publication details the services a group of African American gave during the Civil War and supplies other personal information as well. As some of history's heroes, these individuals served as cooks, servants, and teamsters, built coastal fortifications, and manned essential industries. Pensioners are listed alphabetically, and other names within the entries are indexed.

A Guide to Confederate Monuments in South Carolina
Robert S. Seigler
580 pages, Perfect bound, Photos/Index
PH27 .... $17.50
Included are all Confederate monuments that appear on courthouse lawns and town squares, in cemeteries, in churchyards, and in public parks throughout South Carolina. The monuments are listed in alphabetical order by city or town and include a literal transcription of the engravings, a historical description of the events surrounding their raisings, and directions to their locations. A comprehensive index lists every individual mentioned.