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Author: Laura Jervey Hopkins Publisher: ISBN: Category : Richland County (S.C.) Languages : en Pages : 570
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John Hopkins was born about 1739 in Virginia. He married Sarah Thomas in 1759 and lived in Georgia in 1760. He died in South Carolina in 1775.
Author: Laura Jervey Hopkins Publisher: ISBN: Category : Richland County (S.C.) Languages : en Pages : 570
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John Hopkins was born about 1739 in Virginia. He married Sarah Thomas in 1759 and lived in Georgia in 1760. He died in South Carolina in 1775.
Author: Mark Kinzer Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press ISBN: 1611177677 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 243
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From exploitation to preservation, the complex history of one of the Southeast's most important natural areas and South Carolina's only national park Located at the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers in central South Carolina, Congaree National Park protects the nation's largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest. Modern visitors to the park enjoy a pristine landscape that seems ancient and untouched by human hands, but in truth its history is far different. In Nature's Return, Mark Kinzer examines the successive waves of inhabitants, visitors, and landowners of this region by synthesizing information from property and census records, studies of forest succession, tree-ring analyses, slave narratives, and historical news accounts. Established in 1976, Congaree National Park contains within its boundaries nearly twenty-seven thousand acres of protected uplands, floodplains, and swamps. Once exploited by humans for farming, cattle grazing, plantation agriculture, and logging, the park area is now used gently for recreation and conservation. Although the impact of farming, grazing, and logging in the park was far less extensive than in other river swamps across the Southeast, it is still evident to those who know where to look. Cultivated in corn and cotton during the nineteenth century, the land became the site of extensive logging operations soon after the Civil War, a practice that continued intermittently into the late twentieth century. From burning canebrakes to clearing fields and logging trees, inhabitants of the lower Congaree valley have modified the floodplain environment both to ensure their survival and, over time, to generate wealth. In this they behaved no differently than people living along other major rivers in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain. Today Congaree National Park is a forest of vast flats and winding sloughs where champion trees dot the landscape. Indeed its history of human use and conservation make it a valuable laboratory for the study not only of flora and fauna but also of anthropology and modern history. As the impact of human disturbance fades, the Congaree's stature as one of the most important natural areas in the eastern United States only continues to grow.
Author: Marie Barber Adams Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439626529 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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Lower Richland County encompasses approximately 360 square miles in the heart of South Carolina's geographic center. The Wateree River cradles it to the east, and the Congaree River borders the south and southwest. Virginia settlers discovered this rich land over 250 years ago. They became wealthy planters and accumulated large land tracts, creating plantation systems that sustained the economy. From 1783 until 1820, cotton was the principal cash crop, and the slave population increased tremendously and played a vital role in the development of agriculture and the economy in the area.
Author: W. Eric Emerson Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press ISBN: 9781570035920 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 236
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W. Eric Emerson traces the wartime experiences of the Charleston Light Dragoons--a unique Confederate cavalry company drawn together from South Carolina's most prestigious families of planters, merchants, and politicos--and examines the military exploits of this "company of gentlemen" to find that the elite status of its membership dictated the terms of service
Author: John Hammond Moore Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press ISBN: 9780872498273 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 592
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The story of South Carolina's heartland told from the prospective of a founding father, a plantation mistress, an African-American politician, an editor, a mayor, and other local residents.
Author: George Knox Miller Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817315314 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 391
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Offers significant insight into the life, heart, mind, and attitudes of an intelligent, educated, young mid-19th-century white Southerner This book contains the letters of George Knox Miller who served as a line officer in the Confederate cavalry and participated in almost all of the major campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. He was, clearly, a very well-educated young man. Born in 1836 in Talladega, Alabama, he developed a great love for reading and the theater and set his sights upon getting an education that would lead to a career in law or medicine; meanwhile he worked as an apprentice in a painting firm to earn tuition. Miller then enrolled in the University of Virginia, where he excelled in his studies. Eloquent, bordering on the lyrical, the letters provide riveting first-hand accounts of cavalry raids, the monotony of camp life, and the horror of battlefield carnage. Miller gives detailed descriptions of military uniforms, cavalry tactics, and prison conditions. He conveys a deep commitment to the Confederacy, but he was also critical of Confederate policies that he felt hindered the army's efforts. Dispersed among these war-related topics is the story of Miller's budding relationship with Celestine “Cellie” McCann, the love of his life, whom he would eventually marry.
Author: Howard Woody Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738506722 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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In the heart of South Carolina lies Richland County, an area steeped in stories of conflict and resolution amidst America's formation. Home to Columbia, the present-day capital of South Carolina, Richland County has witnessed firsthand the state's growth and change as it has faced an ever-evolving palette of ideas and traditions. This new volume showcases over 200 postcards that illustrate early 20th-century South Carolina, highlighting the ways of life that still exist today and reminding readers of those that have since been abandoned.
Author: Lawrence T. McDonnell Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 131688497X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 571
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This book traces how and why the secession of the South during the American Civil War was accomplished at ground level through the actions of ordinary men. Adopting a micro-historical approach, Lawrence T. McDonnell works to connect small events in new ways - he places one company of the secessionist Minutemen in historical context, exploring the political and cultural dynamics of their choices. Every chapter presents little-known characters whose lives and decisions were crucial to the history of Southern disunion. McDonnell asks readers to consider the past with fresh eyes, analyzing the structure and dynamics of social networks and social movements. He presents the dissolution of the Union through new events, actors, issues, and ideas, illuminating the social contradictions that cast the South's most conservative city as the radical heart of Dixie.
Author: Laura Jervey Hopkins
Author: Laura Jervey Hopkins
Author: Mark Kinzer
Author: Marie Barber Adams
Author: W. Eric Emerson
Author: John Hammond Moore
Author: Virginia Gurley Meynard
Author: George Knox Miller
Author: Yates Snowden
Author: Howard Woody
Author: Lawrence T. McDonnell