Library Guides: Using the Historical South Carolina Newspapers Database: Civil War

Selected Articles

Letter from Hon. W. W. Boyce, Sabine Farm, August 3, 1860
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.), August 4, 1860, p.4, col. 1.
Disunion
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.), August 28, 1860, p.2, col. 2.
An Important Letter, Union or Disunion
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.), October 4, 1860, p.2, col. 4.
Glorious Independence! South Carolina Forever! The Secession Ordinance Passed December 20, 1860
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.), January 3, 1861, p.2, col. 6.
Declaration of the Causes which Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, SC), January 17, 1861, p.1, col. 1.
Attempted Reinforcement of Fort Sumter
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, SC), January 17, 1861, p.1, col. 4.
Fort Sumter Given Up!! Nobody Hurt on Our Side!!!
The Anderson intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.), April 17, 1861, p.2, col. 3.
To the Volunteer Regiments of the State
Keowee courier (Pickens, S.C.), May 4, 1861, p.3, col. 1.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter: Official Report of Gen. Beauregard, Headquarters Provisional Army, Charleston, S.C., April 27, 1861
Keowee courier (Pickens, S.C.), May 25, 1861, p.1, col. 3.
Prepare
Keowee courier (Pickens, S.C.), June 29, 1861,p.2, Image 2, col. 2.
Telegraphic News from All Quarters, Manassas Junction, Saturday Night, July 20
Keowee courier (Pickens, S.C.), July 27, 1861, p.2, col. 4.
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation
Daily national Republican (Washington, D.C.), January 2, 1863. p.2, col. 1.
Engagement on James Island, Bravery of the 54th Massachusetts
Daily national Republican (Washington, D.C.), July 28, 1863. p.1, col. 7.
Recruiting of the Negroes
Columbia phoenix (Columbia, S.C.), March 28, 1865, p.1, col. 2.
Capture, Sack and Destruction of the City of Columbia
Columbia phoenix (Columbia, S.C.), April 1, 1865, p.1, col. 2.
Conflagration of Columbia
Columbia phoenix (Columbia, S.C.), April 10, 1865, p.1, col. 2.
The New State Capitol
Columbia phoenix (Columbia, S.C.), April 11, 1865, p.1, col. 1.
SC Prisoners Died in Hospital Point Lookout, Maryland
The daily phoenix (Columbia, S.C.), September 8, 1865,p.1, col. 4.
A Dare-Devil Enterprise: How Robert Smalls Seized the Confederate Steamship Planter
The San Francisco call (San Francisco, C.A.), June 18, 1896, p. 12, col. 1.
Memoirs of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman Written by Himself, Burning of Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard’s Testimony as to the Episode, In Charge of the City, Strenuous Efforts to Prevent Spread of the Flames
The national tribune (Washington, D.C.), January 6, 1898. p.1, col. 7.
Adventures of an Iron Brigade Man by Capt. R. K. Beecham
The national tribune (Washington, D.C.), November 27, 1902. p.1, col. 7.
Confederate Uniform and Flag, The designs were made by a Prussian Artist, A bit of Interesting History
Keowee courier (Walhalla, S.C.), April 19, 1905, p. 2, col. 1.
A Boy Soldier
The herald and news (Newberry, S.C.), December 3, 1915, p.27, col. 1.
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A Civil War veteran recounts his early experiences of the war as a young sixteen-year-old soldier.
Submarine Warfare Began in America: When the Hunley Sank the U.S.S. Housatonic
The New York tribune (New York, N.Y.), August 20, 1916, p.36, col. 1.