Palmetto Past & Present: Fort Sumter’s Two Surrenders
How the bluster of a hotheaded South Carolina "colonel" nearly extended the first engagement in the War Between the States....
Civil War
Palmetto Past & Present: How Columbia Became the Confederacy’s Currency Capital
by Mark Powell
Fire up the presses!...
Palmetto Past & Present: Bully Brooks
by Mark Powell
Political violence in America is nothing new, even if its methods have changed......
Palmetto Past & Present: The Incredible Francis Cardozo
by Mark Powell
The remarkable tale of America's first black state elected official ......
Palmetto Past & Present: The South Carolina Woman Who Saved Mount Vernon
by Mark Powell
Ann Pamela Cunningham isn’t a household name ... but maybe she should be....
Prioleau Alexander: A (Probably) Satirical Peek At America’s Next Civil War
Trillions of rounds of ammo versus decades of "assault tears ..."...
Palmetto Past & Present: Who Really Fired The First Shots Of The Civil War?
by Mark Powell
"South Carolinians were itching for a fight ..."...
Mark Powell’s Palmetto Past & Present: The Angel Of Marye’s Heights
by Mark Powell
"A hero all South Carolinians can be proud of ..."...
Prioleau Alexander: The Pot Is Boiling
When will it boil over?...
Robert Romano: Have We Lost Civility?
by Letters
Family (and country) first, not party first ......