The War at Home

1860-1865. Learn the impact of the Civil War on South Carolinians on the homefront.
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Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2

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Dr. Julia Stern discusses writing her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic, and recounts meeting the descendants of Mary Chesnut, along with seeing Chesnut’s personal photo album, containing photos of...
The Port Royal Experiment | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 5

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This is an excerpt from the University of South Carolina public series, Conversations on the Civil War - 1863. Dr. Walter Edgar speaks to Dr. Thavolia Gylmph, Duke University, about the Port Royal...
Mary Boykin Chesnut | History of SC Slide Collection
Mary Boykin Chesnut | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 39

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Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-1886) was the wife of James Chesnut Jr., and a famous Civil War diarist. Born near Camden, she attended private schools; at Madame Talvande's School in Charleston she first...