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22 lis 2023 · In a year-long cleanup effort targeting toxic coal tar along the banks of South Carolina’s Congaree River, archaeologists have unearthed a treasure trove of Civil War relics. Examples of different sizes of canister and grapeshot discovered during the Congaree River cleanup project.
20 lis 2023 · Civil War weapons — including bullets, cannonballs and rusty swords — are among the debris pulled from the Congaree River in South Carolina during a year-long cleanup project targeting...
22 lis 2023 · Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of Civil War weapons from South Carolina’s Congaree River. Cannonballs, artillery shells and other items have been lurking in the waterway since February...
Much of the war along the South Carolina coast concentrated on capturing Charleston. In attempting to capture Charleston, the Union military tried two approaches: by land over James or Morris Islands or through the harbor. However, the Confederates were able to drive back each attack.
However, the most common weapon to be used by Northern and Southern soldiers was the rifled musket. Born from the development of the percussion cap and the Minié ball , rifled muskets had much greater range than smoothbore muskets while being easier to load than previous rifles .
As the war progressed, former slaves and free blacks of South Carolina joined U.S. Colored Troops regiments for the Union Army [1] (most Blacks in South Carolina were enslaved at the war's outset). The state also provided uniforms, textiles, food, and war material, as well as trained soldiers and leaders from The Citadel and other military schools.
19 gru 2008 · The bloody and costly war that raged for four tumultuous years affected the lives of all people in the North and South. Over 600,000 people were killed over the course of the war, about 500 people per day.
