Palmetto Guard P. P. Gaillard Seeks Permission to Join the Palmetto Guard in Kershaw's Regiment in Virginia

17th South Carolina Volunteers - Starting the Cadet Riflemen Company by Capt. William S. Elliott, June 18th, 1860 Charleston, S.C.

Charleston, S.C. Advertising Broadside: Terpsichore Hall – Madame Feugas’ Dancing & Waltzing Academy – Lists Rules for Gentleman!
Soldier in S.C. Militia Gives a Great Summary of Deteriorating Conditions in Charleston, S.C. – “I have but 2 shirts to my name at present, & they are on the eve of dissolution or secession to use the term applicable to the order of the day”

A Circuit Preacher who Regularly Preaches to the Warren Rifleman Asks General Beauregard for a “Passport” for the Manassas Gap Railroad – BEAUREGARD WRITES A NOTE ON THE REVERSE!

Our Collection of 8 Silver Spoons Showing the Different Silversmiths in Charleston, S.C. – Each Stamped with the Silversmiths Name

Letter - SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE EVE OF SECESSION - Edgefield District, S.C. Nov. 22, 1860 - Written to Future CS General Martin W. Gary

An Historic Document from Charleston, S.C. - Signed by Mayor Charles MacBeth, who Surrendered Charleston on Feb. 18th, 1865 to Lt. Col. A. G. Bennett of the 21st U.S. Colored Troops
STOLEN 8/13/17 - Confederate Letter by Colonel Edward Manigault, in Charge of Ordnance in Charleston, S.C. – Enfield Rifles through the Blockade going to the Citadel
STOLEN 8/13 - "Flag Ship New Ironsides, Charleston Harbor, S.C., April 8th, 1863"
- Letter Signed by Rear Admiral S. F. Du Pont + CDV of Him + THE FINEST
CDV WE HAVE SEEN OF THE SHIP NEW IRONSIDES! - The Most Powerful Ship in
the U.S. Navy!

The
A.D.C. of General Beauregard, Joseph J. Legare, Writes the General from
Charleston, S.C. on June 19th, 1861 - Beauregard is up at Manassas
& Legare Sends some FASCINATING Information to him!
Famous Charleston Lawyer W. F. Colcock Describes Charleston's Conditions in Jan/1862
Setting Up Early Artillery Defenses Charleston October 1861
Shipping Arms from the Citadel in Charleston to the Arsenal in Columbia
N.B. Porter, President of the Senate Confirms Gen. Dunovant & Col. Ripley - Jan. 28, 1861
Pre-Civil War Charleston Cover with "Ravenel & Co." Hand Stamp
Amazing S.C. Letter Re. Secession - Can you help us figure out the S.C. town and who wrote it?
Arming & Equipping the S.C. Troops - October 1861
Order Given by Gen. Ripley Charleston July 23, 1863: Gen. DeSaussure S.C. militia will assume command of the troops in the city
STOLEN 8/13/17 - Attorney's Appointment to Practice Law in the "Independent" State of S.C., May 7th, 1861 - Great Looking Doc.!
War of 1812 - Ship Embargo in Charleston, S.C. May 20th, 1812

Capt. of the U.S.S. John Adams Off Charleston, S.C. Lays Out the Trap to Catch Confederate Blockade Runners

1861 Charleston Letter & Cover - Talks
of Getting Supplies through the Blockade!
In
1850 Union Engineer Alexander H. Bowman is asked to speak at the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held in
Charleston in 1851 - Bowman was the Engineer who constructed Fort Sumter
- In 1861 he supported the North... as Superintendent of West Point!
State of S.C. "Captured" Commission - The 149th N.Y. Have Some Fun with an Official CS Form!

Pair of Anthony Stereoviews of the "Ruins of Central Hall, Char. S.C. Effects of the Great Fire in 1862" & the Ruins of the Circular Church & Sec. Hall with St. Michael's Church in the Background - Brady Negative

Book Written by Abner Doubleday, Reminiscences of Forts Sumter & Moultrie in 1860-61