E. Reconstruction | South Carolina Hall of Fame

Learn South Carolinians who lived during Reconstruction and the impact on the southern states after the American Civil War.

Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame David Bancroft Johnson | S.C. Hall of Fame

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David Bancroft Johnson | S.C. Hall of Fame
As Superintendent of Schools in Columbia, South Carolina, David Bancroft Johnson saw the need for an institution that would focus on training teachers. He received funds from Robert Winthrop and the...
Thomas Green Clemson | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Thomas Green Clemson | S.C. Hall of Fame
Thomas Green Clemson was born in Philadelphia in 1807. In 1838 he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun. Clemson served as U.S. ambassador to Belgium and later...
John C. Calhoun | S.C. Hall of Fame Wade Hampton | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Wade Hampton | S.C. Hall of Fame
A short biography of the life of Civil War leader and Governor, General Wade Hampton. Through the use of available archival materials, scholar interviews, and historical illustrations this program...
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame Mary Simms Oliphant | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Mary Simms Oliphant | S.C. Hall of Fame
Mary Simms Oliphant (1891-1988), granddaughter of novelist and historian William Gilmore Simms, wrote the South Carolina History textbook used in public schools. She was Director of the State Public...
Wade Hampton | S.C. Hall of Fame Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame
In 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved crew-member of the CSS Planter, steals the boat, sails it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and delivers it into the hands of...
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame
Born January 3, 1837, in Society Hill, James Lide Coker was a farmer, soldier, businessman, merchant, banker, railroad man, and industrialist. He was a planter in Hartsville until the Civil War began...
Thomas Green Clemson | S.C. Hall of Fame James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...