Battery Jasper | History of SC Slide Collection

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Although this photograph of Battery Jasper, located several hundred yards east of Fort Moultrie, was taken in the late 1890s, it shows the construction of the coastal defense system around the fort that later played an important role in the protection of Charleston Harbor during World War I.

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Camp Sevier | History of SC Slide Collection

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Camp Sevier | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6
Many young men recruited into the army were trained at Camp Sevier, near Greenville. Motor Truck Companies 101 and 218 lived in this tent city. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
Germany's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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Germany's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 8
The First World War ended with the surrender of Germany "at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, on the eleventh month." This headline in "The State" newspaper on November 11, 1918, brought news of...
Two Fallen SC Soldiers | History of SC Slide Collection

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Two Fallen SC Soldiers | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9
Many young South Carolinians lost their lives in the First World War. This sheet music celebrates two Sumter natives, Robert O. Purdy and Ervin D. Shaw, after whom Shaw Air Base was named. The verse...