The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry: How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War

by Ron Roth

Some of the most dramatic and consequential events of the Civil War era took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry between Charleston and Savannah. From Robert Barnwell Rhett's inflammatory 1844 speech in Bluffton calling for secession, to the last desperate attempts by Confederate forces to halt Sherman's juggernaut, the region was torn apart by war.

This history tells the story through the experiences of two radically different military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677107
• ISBN13: 9781476677101
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher