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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War abstract "South Carolina was a site of major political and military importance for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The white population of the state strongly supported the institution of slavery long before the war. Political leaders such as John C. Calhoun and Preston Brooks had inflamed regional (and national) passions, and for years before the eventual start of the Civil War in 1861, voices cried for secession. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession and later formed the Confederacy. The first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston by its Citadel cadets upon a civilian merchant ship Star of the West bringing supplies to the beleaguered Federal garrison at Fort Sumter January 9, 1861. The April 1861 Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter ignited what became a four-year struggle that divided the nation.South Carolina was a source of troops for the Confederate army, and as the war progressed, also for the Union as thousands of ex-slaves flocked to join the Union forces. The state also provided uniforms, textiles, food, and war material, as well as trained soldiers and leaders from The Citadel and other military schools. In contrast to most other Confederate states, South Carolina had a well-developed rail network linking all of its major cities without a break of gauge. Relatively free from Union occupation until the very end of the war, South Carolina hosted a number of prisoner of war camps. South Carolina also was the only Southern state not to harbor pockets of anti-secessionist fervor strong enough to send large amounts of men to fight for the Union, as every other state in the Confederacy did.Among the leading generals from the Palmetto State were Wade Hampton III, one of the Confederacy's leading cavalrymen, Joseph B. Kershaw, whose South Carolina infantry brigade saw some of the hardest fighting of the Army of Northern Virginia and James Longstreet who served with distinction in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee and in the Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg.".
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War admittancedate "1861-02-08".
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War capital Columbia,_South_Carolina.
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War date "1868-07-19".
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War facility Fort_Sumter.
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War fullname "State of South Carolina".
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War governor Andrew_Gordon_Magrath.
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War governor Francis_Wilkinson_Pickens.
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War governor Milledge_Luke_Bonham.
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War largestcity Charleston,_South_Carolina.
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War name "South Carolina".
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War senators James_Lawrence_Orr.
- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War senators Robert_Woodward_Barnwell.
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- South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War comment "South Carolina was a site of major political and military importance for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The white population of the state strongly supported the institution of slavery long before the war. Political leaders such as John C. Calhoun and Preston Brooks had inflamed regional (and national) passions, and for years before the eventual start of the Civil War in 1861, voices cried for secession.".
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