Ongoing schedule of Lowcountry events to commemorate Civil War Sesquicentennial

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Concerts

(CONCERT) - VOICES FROM THE CIVIL WAR

Featuring Jay Ungar, Molly Mason and The Family Band with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Sean Newhouse, guest conductor; CSO Spiritual Ensemble & Mt. Zion AME Spiritual Singers

Monday, April 11, 2011 from 9-10:30pm

White Point Garden: Murray Blvd., East. Bay St., South Battery & King St.

Admission: FREE

Contact: City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs (843) 724-7305

Program includes musical selections from the score to the PBS Documentary film, The Civil War, directed by Ken Burns, musical score created by Jay Ungar; Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait for Orchestra, narrated by Charleston's visionary Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.; a selection of Spirituals and a variety of music popular during the American Civil War period including Bonnie Blue Flag, Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic; and ending with Lift Every Voice and Sing. Guest artists are Jay Ungar, Molly Mason and The Family Band, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sean Newhouse, and the CSO Spiritual Singers directed by Nathan Nelson as well as the Mt. Zion AME Church Spiritual Ensemble directed by Alphonso Brown. Jay Ungar will give verbal program notes about the musical selections in the documentary film score, inspired by diary entries from soldiers from the North and South who fought in the Civil War. Guest scholars Ed Ayres (University of Richmond, VA) and Barbara Fields (Columbia University) will also speak on the causes leading up to the Civil War. Produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

(CONCERT) - SUNRISE CONCERT: WHEN JESUS WEPT

(In remembrance of the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired)

Music for Brass Ensemble & Military Drums; a short candlelight concert featuring hymns by Colonial American composers including William Billings and others

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 4:30-5am

White Point Garden: Murray Blvd., East Bay St., South Battery & King St.

Admission: FREE

Contact: City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs (843) 724-7305

Program includes such pieces as When Jesus Wept by William Billings (c. 1736); Be Thou My Vision; Amazing Grace; Shenandoah; Ashokan Farewell and more. Performers include the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble (14 musicians and percussion). Note: Candles and holders will be provided for the audience of the Sunrise Concert. Produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

(CONCERT) – MUSIC OF THE CIVIL WAR CONCERT

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 5:15pm

Unitarian Church, 4 Archdale Street; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $25

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit www.historiccharleston.org

Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War through this special concert by the South Carolina Broadcasters Duo. Travel back in time to learn how music was used by soldiers and civilians for release at the end of the day, for jubilation during the good times and sorrow when there seemed to be no hope.

Conferences

(CONFERENCE) – THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CIVIL WARS

Presented by The National Council for History Education

March 31 - April 2, 2011 from 7am-6pm

Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood Boulevard, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $155/Pre-Registration of NCHE Members; $195/Pre-Registration of Non-Members; $125/Pre-Registration of Spouse; $125/Pre-Registration Retired; $125/Pre-Registration of Student; $80/Saturday Only Registration; $20/Citadeal Tour on Mar. 31; $30/Walking Tour on Mar. 31; $30/Drayton Hall Tour on Mar. 31; $30/Patriots Point Tour on Mar. 31

Contact: National Council for History Education, (440) 835-1776, nche@nche.net, http://www.nche.net/conference

Each spring, the National Council for History Education holds a national conference. NCHE chooses a conference site which parallels the anniversary of a significant event in American and World history. The national conference is a place where everyone who loves to teach and learn history can come together and share. NCHE encourages conference proposals that illustrate collaboration and history education.

(CONFERENCE) – "JEWS, SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR" CONFERENCE

May 25-26, 2011

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth Street and other venues

Admission: TBA, call (843) 953-5682

Contact: Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center (843) 953-5682, www.cofc.edu/~jwst

On May 25 and 26 the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina will co-host a public conference on the theme of Jews, Slavery and the Civil War. We have an extraordinary lineup of scholars participating, with Jonathan Sarna delivering the keynote address at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. Contact us for more information about the conference. Papers and panels will cover a range of themes including (but not limited to) Jewish attitudes toward and involvement in slavery and abolition in the Americas, Jewish soldiering and wartime service, the Jewish experience on the home front, antisemitism in North and South, the impact of the war on Jewish identity and institutions, repercussions and consequences for Jews in Europe, the post-war experience of Jewish veterans, Jews and Reconstruction, and Jewish commemoration and memorialization. Some offerings will also speak more broadly to the theme of Jews and war in the modern period.

Exhibits

(EXHIBIT) - CITY UNDER SIEGE: CHARLESTON IN THE CIVIL WAR

Ongoing permanent exhibit

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996, http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

This permanent exhibition provides a rich overview of events in and around Charleston from secession to 1865. Including the Federal naval blockade, Union bombardment, social dislocations, privations and five major Union attempts to capture the "Queen City of the South," the war and its effects changed the lives of Charleston's residents forever. Their story—one of suffering, sacrifice, initiative and tenacity—is told with extensive images and artifacts from the Museum's collections. These include uniforms, artillery shells, firearms, "gunboat china," the watch of a fallen South Carolina soldier, and the recently-acquired prosthesis of Colonel Peter Gaillard, who lost his hand in action against Union forces on Morris Island.

(EXHIBIT) CONFEDERATE MUSEUM

Ongoing; open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-3:30pm; closed Sunday-Monday

Confederate Museum, 188 Meeting Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $5/Adults & Teens; $3/Children 6-12; Free/Children under 6

Contact: Charleston Chapter #4 of the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" (843) 723-1541

Owned and operated by the Charleston Chapter #4 of the "United Daughters of the Confederacy," the museum features artifacts from the War Between the States.

(EXHIBIT) - THE OLD SLAVE MART MUSEUM

Ongoing; open Monday-Saturday from 9am-5pm

The Old Slave Mart Museum, 6 Chalmers Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: The Old Slave Mart Museum (843) 958-6467; email: osmm@charleston-sc.gov ;

http://www.charlestoncity.info/dept/content.aspx?nid=1469

The Old Slave Mart Museum, located at 6 Chalmers Street, recounts the story of Charleston's role in this inter-state slave trade by focusing on the history of this particular building and site and the slave sales that occurred here. Possibly the only known building used as a slave auction gallery in South Carolina still in existence, the Old Slave Mart was once part of a complex of buildings known as Ryan's Mart that occupied the land between Chalmers and Queen Streets. The complex consisted of a yard enclosed by a brick wall and contained three additional buildings: a four-story brick building partially containing a "barracoon" or slave jail, a kitchen, and a "dead house" or morgue. Slave auctions at the Old Slave Mart ended in November 1863. The property changed hands many times after the Civil War. Recognizing the significant importance the institution of slavery has had in Charleston's history, the City of Charleston acquired the property in 1988.

(EXHIBIT) - THREADS OF WAR: CLOTHING AND TEXTILES OF THE CIVIL WAR

October 14, 2010 - September 5, 2011

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996, http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, The Charleston Museum presents Threads of War: Clothing and Textiles of the Civil War. This original exhibition offers a glimpse into the lives of those on the homefront, who battled deprivation and fear while raising their families and protecting their property, as well as the soldiers who fought on the front lines. Threads of War shows that, as the nation's bloodiest conflict dragged on, it took its toll not only in lives lost, but on fashion, supplies, household goods, and every aspect of life. Women's, men's and children's clothing, uniforms and accessories, flags, quilts and coverlets, along with period magazines, newspapers, daguerreotypes and diaries provide vivid images of 1860s Charleston and a lifestyle torn apart by war.

(EXHIBIT) – "THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR" MANUSCRIPTS

December 15, 2010 – April 27, 2011; Open Tuesday-Friday from 11am-4pm; Closed Holidays

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: FREE; Parking: FREE

Contact: Karpeles Manuscript Museum: (843) 853-4651, http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/chasfrm.html

The exhibit consists of more than two dozen items on Secession and the beginning of the American Civil War. Its presence is designed to correspond with the series of important conferences in the first year of the Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the great conflict of 1861-1865. "The Civil War" Manuscripts on display include: 1) Uncle Tom's Cabin; 2) The Civil War Proclamation; 3) The Confederate Constitution; 4) "Dixie" music; 5) Davis on Formation of Confederacy; 6) Davis on Secession Day; 7) Anderson on Secession Day; 8) SC Volunteer Army; 9) SC Permanent Army; 10) Fort Sumter Flag; 11) Proposed Confederate Flag; 12) CSA Master Plan; 13) Virginia Arms Resolution; 14) Virginia's "all but declaration of war;" 15) Virginia's 1st Confederate Senator; 16) Martyr – 1st Union death; 17) Jefferson Davis on Slavery; 18) Naval blockade established; 19) Naval blockade enforced; 20) Arming Georgia – Gov. Brown orders armaments 12-3-1860; 21) Arming Georgia – NY contract 12-19-1860; 22) Arming Georgia – Delaware contract 12-20-1860; 23) Arming Georgia – refusal to proceed 1-3-1861; 24) Arming Georgia – Delaware contract shipped 1-22-1861; 25) Arming Georgia – DuPont shipment 1-23-1861; 26) Arming Georgia – NY contract rescinded 1-26-1861; 27) Arming Georgia – US prohibits arms shipments 2-2-1861; 28) Pointed-tipped rifle bullet.

(EXHIBIT) – FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS, SOUTH CAROLINA PERSPECTIVES ON THE WAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA

April 8-May 8, 2011 open Tues.-Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat.-Sun. 12pm-5pm

Opening Reception: Friday, April 8, 2011 from 6-8pm

City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau Street, adjacent to Waterfront Park

Admission: FREE

Contact: City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs (843) 724-7305; City Gallery at Waterfront Park (843) 958-6484

The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents two exhibitions on view in the City Gallery at Waterfront Park. Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A Photographic Retrospective will be on the first level of the gallery. Civil/Uncivil: Works by Leo Twiggs will be on the second level of the gallery. Fully restored by Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging, Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A Photographic Retrospective offers audiences the opportunity to view the City of Charleston over 144 years ago. Some photographs were originally taken with large glass plates, while others were taken with twin lens stereoscopic cameras, in order to create a stereo view. Civil/Uncivil: Works by Leo Twiggs documents the path from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and features the artwork of Leo Twiggs, an Orangeburg native, who is widely seen as the country's main pioneer of batik as a modern art form. Produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

(EXHIBIT) - STEPHEN MARC - PASSAGE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

April 8-July 10, 2011; Open Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: $9/Adults; $7/Seniors, Students, Military; $5/Children (6-12); FREE/Members & Children under 6

Contact: Gibbes Museum of Art: (843) 722-2706 ext. 22; www.gibbesmuseum.org

Exhibit organized by the University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York, features Marc's fascinating photographs and digital montages that explore the history of freedom-seekers on the Underground Railroad. Photographer and digital montage artist Stephen Marc, winner of the Gibbes Museum 2009 Factor Prize for Southern Art, explores the history of North America's freedom seekers in the exhibition Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground Railroad. Since 2000, Marc has taken thousands of photographs of more than 100 historic sites in over thirty states and in Canada. With this body of work, Marc combines contemporary images with historic documents and artifacts to create richly-layered objects that bring the past palpably into the present.

Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground Railroad is comprised of two series: Underground Railroad sites and montages. In the sites series, Marc has documented the individual Underground Railroad locations with photographs taken inside and outside historical structures as well as the surrounding landscape. In the montage series, he marries the landscape to slavery through the use of plantation sites, primary source documents, and other remnants of slavery from diverse sources—many of them collected by the artist—and combines these with pertinent modern cultural references. Woven together digitally, the final images create narratives that generate insightful juxtapositions that help to tell the story of important sites plus the experiences that were occurring during and after the Civil War.

Stephen Marc received his BA from Pomona College in 1976 and his MFA. from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 1978. He resides in Tempe, Arizona, where he is a Professor of Art at Arizona State University. Marc's work has been featured in many exhibitions including Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art at the Gibbes in 2008, Constellation, an invitational exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Center for Photography at Woodstock (where in 2001, Marc was Artist in Residence), and three exhibitions which were accompanied by book publications; Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Game Face: Women in Athletics at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; and Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for African History and Culture in Washington D.C.

The publication Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground Railroad was released by Stephen Marc in conjunction with the University Press of Mississippi. For this exhibition and publication, Marc has received ongoing support from Olympus Imaging America Inc., as well as from the National Park Service as a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The exhibition at the Gibbes is sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and Charleston magazine.

(EXHIBIT) - A SOLDIER'S VIEW OF CIVIL WAR CHARLESTON

April 8-July 10, 2011; Open Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm

Exhibit & Tours

(EXHIBIT & TOUR) – SECESSIONISTS, SOLDIERS AND SLAVES: THE ALSTON FAMILY'S CIVIL WAR

January 1, 2011-December 31, 2015; Guided tours available Tues.-Sat. 10am-4pm; Sun. 1:30-4:30pm; Mon. 1-4:30pm (*Mar. 21-Apr. 25, Mon. hours are 10am-4:30pm); Closed Christmas Day

Edmondston-Alston House, 21 East Battery, Downtown Charleston

Admission: TBA – call (843) 722-7171

Contact: Edmondston-Alston House: (843) 722-7171, http://www.middletonplace.org/content.asp?catID=16882

A witness to history, the Edmondston-Alston is an important site in Charleston's Civil War saga. It served as the site General Beauregard used to watch the Bombardment of Fort Sumter and a refuge for General Robert E. Lee during the Great Fire of 1861. The permanent collections include a rare original copy of the Ordinance of Secession as well as the parole Charles Alston received from President Andrew Johnson after swearing allegiance to the United States in 1865. Special changing exhibits will mark sesquicentennial anniversaries of the American Civil War on a year-by-year basis and follow the lives of the Alston family and their slaves. Using the family archives and collections of Middleton Place Foundation, each year of war will be viewed through the lens of the Alston family including first hand accounts of the battle for Morris Island and defense of Battery Wagner which ultimately resulted in the death of an Alston son.

(EXHIBIT & TOUR) - SECESSIONISTS, SOLDIERS AND SLAVES: THE MIDDLETON FAMILY'S CIVIL WAR

January 1, 2011- December 31, 2015; Open daily at 9am-5pm; Closed Christmas Day

Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley River Road, West Ashley area of Charleston

Admission: $25/Adults; $15/Students (14+ with student ID); $10/Child (6-13); FREE/Child (Under 5)

Contact: Middleton Place Foundation: (843) 566-6020, http://www.middletonplace.org

The Middleton Place House Museum and the Edmondston-Alston House will mount special changing exhibits commemorating American Civil War sesquicentennial anniversaries on a year-by-year basis and follow the lives of the Middleton family, Alston family, friends and slaves. Using personal letters, first-hand accounts and collections of the Middleton Place Foundation, the war will be viewed through the lens of the Middleton and Alston families as Secession and early war optimism turns slowly into defeat. The exhibit will explore rice culture during the war, the building of Charleston's defenses, investing in experimental "seegar boats", the use of slaves for war projects and runaway slaves fleeing the plantations for Union bases in Beaufort and Port Royal.

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: $9/Adults; $7/Seniors, Students, Military; $5/Children (6-12); FREE/Members & Children under 6

Contact: Gibbes Museum of Art: (843) 722-2706 ext. 22; www.gibbesmuseum.org

A Soldiers View of Civil War Charleston, an exhibit organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art, features over 30 paintings depicting the batteries and forts around Charleston Harbor as painted by Conrad Wise Chapman (1842 – 1910) during the Civil War. The exhibition includes multiple paintings of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie and a depiction of the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. The Hunley was painted just two weeks before its final voyage. Though Conrad Wise Chapman spent many of his formative years in Rome, the American-born artist always considered himself a Southerner. In 1861, Chapman left Rome to enlist in the Confederate Army. As a soldier under the charge of General P. G. T. Beauregard, Chapman created his remarkable paintings, displayed for the first time in Charleston. The majority of these paintings are on loan to the Gibbes from The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. "This is the first time our entire collection of Chapman paintings have been exhibited outside of Richmond," stated Waite Rawls, CEO and President of The Museum of the Confederacy, "and Charleston is clearly the place for that to happen. We are especially indebted to the Carolina Yacht Club for its assistance in conserving this important collection." A Soldiers View of Civil War Charleston is sponsored by Gibbes, etc. and Charleston Gateway magazine.

(EXHIBIT) - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT SMALLS

April 3, 2012 - June 19, 2012

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

The Charleston Museum is pleased to host this traveling exhibit coordinated by the SC State Museum. The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls was curated by Dr. Helen Boulware Moore with research done by Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney. The exhibit will be in place at The Charleston Museum on the 150th anniversary of Smalls' commandeering of the C.S.S. Planter in which he sailed the vessel, with his family and several others aboard, past five Confederate batteries and out to the Union blockading fleet. After the war, Smalls was elected to five terms in the U.S. Congress.

Films

(FILM) - COMMUNITY SCREENING OF KEN BURNS' "THE CIVIL WAR: EPISODE ONE - THE CAUSE (1861)"

Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 7-8:40pm

The Olde North Charleston Picture House- Park Circle, 4920 Jenkins Avenue, North Charleston

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

A public screening of the acclaimed PBS documentary "The Civil War" will be shown. Produced by the Fort Sumter – Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Episode One: The Cause (1861): Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it. Here are the burning questions of Union and States' rights, John Brown at Harper's Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter and the jubilant rush to arms on both sides. Along the way the series' major figures are introduced: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and a host of lesser-known but equally vivid characters. The episode comes to a climax with the disastrous Union defeat at Manassas, Virginia, where both sides now learn it is to be a very long war.

(FILM) - COMMUNITY SCREENING OF KEN BURNS' "THE CIVIL WAR: EPISODE ONE - THE CAUSE (1861)"

Sunday, April 10, 2011 at TBA

Sand Dunes Club, 1735 Atlantic Avenue, Sullivan's Island

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

A public screening of the acclaimed PBS documentary "The Civil War" will be shown. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust; coordinated by the National Park Service.

(FILM & LECTURE) - THE CAUSE - AND THE CRISIS OVER FORT SUMTER

Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 4pm

Fort Johnson Marine Center-Marine Resources Research Institute Auditorium, 205 Fort Johnson Road, James Island

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Viewing of Episode One of Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War and features live commentary by Vernon Burton. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Vernon Burton (Clemson University) Author or editor of numerous books including Class Conflict and Consensus: Antebellum Southern Community Studies; In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina and The Age of Lincoln, winner of the 2007 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for non-fiction. Professor Burton has received National Teaching Awards from both the Carnegie Foundation and the American Historical Association.

Lectures

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY FAYE JENSEN, SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Stormy Times Ahead: Voices of Secession

Monday, March 14, 2011 from 6-7:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, St. Andrews Regional Branch, 1735 North Woodmere Drive, West Ashley

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

The Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust and Charleston County Public Library are co-sponsoring this series of talks on aspects of the American Civil War to mark the beginning of its Sesquicentennial anniversary featuring local historians. Lectures will be held in various Charleston County Public Library branches by noted local historians from March 13-26, 2011.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY BERNARD POWERS, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

A Nation Asunder: Slaves, Free Blacks and the Origins of America's Civil War

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 from 6-7:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, John L. Dart Branch, 1067 King Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY KYLE SINISI, THE CITADEL

The Citadel in the Civil War

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 from 6:30-7:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, Otranto Road Regional Branch, 2261 Otranto Road, North Charleston

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY DAVID PRESTON, THE CITADEL

The Labor of Death: Why Civil War Soldiers Volunteered in 1861

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 6-7:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, John's Island Regional Branch, 3531 Maybank Highway, John's Island

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY AMANDA MUSHEL, THE CITADEL

A Homefront on the Front: Life in Civil War Charleston

Thursday, March 17, 2011 from 6-7:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, Dorchester Road Regional Branch, 6325 Dorchester Road, North Charleston

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

(LECTURE) – SATURDAY HISTORY TALK

Presented by the Fort Moultrie National Monument

Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 2pm

Fort Moultrie Visitor Center, 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Moultrie Visitor Center, (843) 883-3123 x 20 or fosu_information@nps.gov

Fort Sumter National Monument will present a special history talk, From Secession to the First Shots: Women`s Perspectives.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY DALE ROSENGARTEN

Ladies of the Lost Cause

Monday, March 21, 2011 at 7pm

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth Street

Admission: TBA; call (843) 953-5682

Contact: Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, College of Charleston (843) 953-5682, www.cofc.edu/~jwst

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center at the College of Charleston presents Dale Rosengarten (College of Charleston) as part of the Food For Thought Lecture Series. Rosengarten will speak on "Ladies of the Lost Cause." The talk will be preceded by dessert and coffee.

(LECTURE) - CURATOR LECTURE SERIES: FORT SUMTER COPY BOOK

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 6:30pm

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

On the eve of the Civil War, all eyes turned to Charleston and an unfinished fortification called Ft. Sumter. Please join us for this second presentation in our curator lecture series on the Civil War for a snapshot of this critical time in our local and national history. Russell Horres, a volunteer researcher at the Charleston Museum and guide for the National Park Service, will discuss the thoughts and actions of U.S. soldiers stationed at the fort just days before the bombardment, as well as new information on the construction of Fort Sumter. The Museum's archivist, Jennifer Scheetz, will discuss and have on display the Fort Sumter copy-letter book (a Charleston Museum Archives collection piece) upon which much of this information is based.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY TED ROSENGARTEN, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 1-2:30pm

Charleston County Public Library, St. Andrews Regional Branch, 1735 North Woodmere Drive, West Ashley

Admission: FREE

Contact: Allison Lanford, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY STUART ROCKOFF

The Promised Land? Slavery, Freedom, and Southern Jews

Monday, March 28, 2011 at 7pm

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth Street

Admission: TBA; call (843) 953-5682

Contact: Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, College of Charleston (843) 953-5682, www.cofc.edu/~jwst

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center at the College of Charleston presents Stuart Rockoff (Institute of Southern Jewish Life) as part of the Food For Thought Lecture Series. Rockoff will speak on "The Promised Land? Slavery, Freedom, and Southern Jews." The talk will be preceded by dessert and coffee.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY SASKIA COENEN SNYDER

The Civil War and the Jews of Europe

Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7pm

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth Street

Admission: TBA; call (843) 953-5682

Contact: Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, College of Charleston (843) 953-5682, www.cofc.edu/~jwst

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center at the College of Charleston presents Saskia Coenen Snyder (University of South Carolina) as part of the Food For Thought Lecture Series. Snyder will speak on "The Civil War and the Jews of Europe." The talk will be preceded by dessert and coffee.

(LECTURE) - WALTER EDGAR, BERNARD E. POWERS & BARBARA BELLOWS

Before The Storm: South Carolina and Charleston on the Eve of War

Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7pm

The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Includes lectures by Walter Edgar on South Carolina and the Nation, 1850-1860; Bernard E. Powers, Jr. speaks about Black Carolinians, Racial Anxiety and Secession in the Palmetto State; and Barbara Bellows describes Charleston in 1860: The Great Secession Winter. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Walter Edgar (University of South Carolina) Author of Partisans and Redcoat; South Carolina in the Modern Age; and South Carolina: A History—widely acclaimed as one of the best general histories of any American state. He also is the editor of The South Carolina Encyclopedia and hosts two statewide programs on South Carolina Public Radio: "Walter Edgar's Journal," a look at contemporary events in context, and "Southern Read," a reading of contemporary Southern fiction. He was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 2008.

• Bernard E. Powers, Jr. (College of Charleston) His book, Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885, was the winner of a Choice Award for Best Academic Books in 1995. He is the author of numerous articles, including "Community Evolution and Race Relations in Reconstruction Charleston, S.C." which was selected as one of the "Three Articles From A Century of Excellence" Centennial Volume 1900-2000 of The South Carolina Historical Magazine. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the development of the International African American Museum in Charleston.

• Barbara Bellows Author of Benevolence Among Slaveholders: Caring for the Poor in Charleston, 1670-1860; A Talent for Living: Josephine Pinckney and the Charleston Literary Tradition; co-author of God and General Longstreet: Essays on the Southern Mind and the Lost Cause. She is the author of various essays on Southern literature and history. She has been a Fellow of the Institute for Southern Studies and the National Humanities Center as well as a co-editor of the Southern Classics Series of USC Press.

(LECTURE) - BARBARA JEANNE FIELDS & GAVIN WRIGHT

The Road to War: Slavery, Economics and State Rights

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 10am

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 67 Anson Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Includes lectures by Barbara Jeanne Fields on Who Cared About States' Rights? and Gavin Wright speaks about Economic Interpretations of the Civil War. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Barbara Jeanne Fields (Columbia University) Author of Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland During the Nineteenth Century, which won the John H. Dunning Prize of the American Historical Association. Fields co-authored, with members on the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, the book The Destruction of Slavery, which won the Founders Prize of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society and the Thomas Jefferson Prize of the Society for the History of the Federal Government. She also wrote Slaves No More: Three Essays on the Emancipation and the Civil War, and Free At Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Emancipation, and the Civil War, to which the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College awarded its Lincoln Prize in 1994.

• Gavin Wright (Stanford University) One of the nation's leading economic historians. Author of the Political Economy of the Cotton South: Households, Markets, and Wealth in the Nineteenth Century; Old South, New South: Revolutions in the Southern Economy since the Civil War; and Slavery and American Economic Development.

(LECTURE) - CATHERINE CLINTON & STEPHEN BERRY

The Road to War: Gender, Honor and Emotions

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2pm

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 67 Anson Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Includes lectures by Catherine Clinton on Female "Rebel Spitfires" and Soldiers with "Sizz": Gender Dynamics on the Eve of Secession and Stephen Berry speaks about Disunited We Stand: Secession as an Emotional Experience. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Catherine Clinton (Queen's University, Belfast) Former President of the Southern Association for Women's History. Author or editor of twenty-five books including: The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South; Tara Revisited: Women, War, and the Plantation Legend; Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom which was named as one of the best non-fiction books of 2004 by the Christian Science Monitor and the Chicago Tribune; Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War; and, most recently, Mrs. Lincoln: A Life.

• Stephen Berry (University of Georgia) Author of All That Makes a Man: Love & Ambition in the Civil War South which was a finalist for the 2004 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship. He also wrote House of Abraham: Lincoln & the Todds, A Family Divided By War that received the Book of the Month Club main selection for March 2008 and was the History Book Club and Military Book Club alternate selection.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY TONY HORWITZ

"To Purge This Land With Blood?": The Question of John Brown's Raid

Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2pm

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, 90 Hasell Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Tony Horwitz speaks about Midnight Rising: Reflections on John Brown, Harpers Ferry, and the coming of the Civil War. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Tony Horwitz is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He worked for many years as a reporter in Australia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, mostly covering wars and conflicts as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. After returning to the U.S., he won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker before becoming a full-time author. His books include: A Voyage Long and Strange; Blue Latitudes; and Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War. He is presently at work on a book about John Brown's raid.

(LECTURE) – PLANTATION LIFE & THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

Monday, April 11, 2011 from 11:30am-1:30pm

Captain James Missroon House, 40 East Bay Street; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45; reservations required

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit www.historiccharleston.org

Joseph McGill, program officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has spent the past year reliving the plantation experience in extant slave cabins throughout the state. He shares his stories with us.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY EDWARD L. AYERS AND EMORY M. THOMAS

A Troubled House: American Leaders and the Issues of 1861

Monday, April 11, 2011 from 6:30-8:15pm

First Scots Presbyterian Church, 53 Meeting Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Features lectures by Edward L. Ayers speaking about The Logic of Secession and Emory M. Thomas on The Dogs of War. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• Edward L. Ayers (University of Richmond) Founder of Virginia Center for Digital History's Valley of the Shadow project. His many books include What Caused the Civil War? Reflections on the South and Southern History; In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859–1863; and The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - The Eve of War (CD-ROM and book, co-authored with Anne S. Rubin).

• Emory M. Thomas (University of Georgia) Thomas is the Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia and has served as a Senior Fullbright Lecturer. Author of numerous books including The Confederacy as a Revolutionary Experience; Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital; The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865; and Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuart. His biography of Robert E. Lee was published in 1995 and was named a Notable Book by the New York Times.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY LEONARD ROGOFF

Who is True Israel? Yankees, Confederates, Jews and African-Americans

Monday, April 11, 2011 at 7pm

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth Street

Admission: TBA; call (843) 953-5682

Contact: Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center, College of Charleston (843) 953-5682

Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center at the College of Charleston presents Leonard Rogoff (Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina) as part of the Food For Thought Lecture Series. Rogoff will speak on "Who is True Israel? Yankees, Confederates, Jews and African-Americans." The talk will be preceded by dessert and coffee.

(LECTURE) – REBEL ROUSERS: SOUTHERN POLITICS AND SECESSION

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

April 12, 2011 from 11:30am-1:30pm

Captain James Missroon House, 40 East Bay Street; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45; reservations required

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit www.historiccharleston.org

April 12, 1861, Confederate troops on Morris Island opened fire on Federal troops seeking shelter at Fort Sumter in the middle of Charleston Harbor. Local author and historian Mark Jones commemorates the 150th anniversary of one of Charleston's most historic days.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY JAMES M. MCPHERSON

Inheriting the Wind: American Youth at the Onset of Battle

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 7pm

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: FREE; reservations suggested, but not required, (843) 722-2706 ext. 22.

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Features a lecture by James M. McPherson, speaking on Volunteers in Blue and Gray: Why They Fought. Produced by the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust.

• James M. McPherson (Princeton University) Former President of the American Historical Association; Guggenheim, Danforth, and Woodrow Wilson Fellow; and current member of the editorial board of Civil War History and Board of Directors of the Civil War Preservation Trust. He is the author of more than twenty books including, For Cause and Comrades, winner of the Lincoln Prize; Drawn With the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War; and his Pulitzer Prize winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era which is commonly regarded as the single best work on the American Civil War.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY J. RODERICK HELLER, III

The Confederacy Is On Her Way Up The Spout: Letters to South Carolina, 1861-1864

Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 7pm

Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street

Admission: TBA

Contact: Charleston Library Society: (843) 723-9912; www.charlestonlibrarysociety.org

J. Roderick Heller III is the author of Democracy's Lawyer: Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest and the co-editor of The Confederacy Is on Her Way up the Spout: Letters to South Carolina, 1861-1864. He served as founding chairman of the Civil War Trust, vice chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and chairman of WETA, Washington, D.C.'s public radio and television station. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of Carnton Capital Associates LP, a venture capital firm in Washington, D.C., and has more than 30 years' experience in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He also serves on the board of directors of two public companies, Montpelier Re Holdings and First Potomac Realty Trust, as well as several private companies. Previously, Heller served as chairman of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation and as chairman and CEO of the NHP, Inc., as well as a partner in Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, of Washington, D.C. He holds an A.B. degree in history, summa cum laude, from Princeton University, an L.L. D degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and an M.A. degree in history from Harvard University.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY TIM BOLTON

Winslow Homer and the Civil War

Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 6pm

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: FREE/Gibbes Members; $10/Non-Members

Contact: Gibbes Museum of Art: (843) 722-2706 ext. 22; www.gibbesmuseum.org

Architect and art historian Kenyon (Tim) C. Bolton III will provide insight into Winslow Homer's development at the beginning of his career. Homer's painted subjects of the Civil War culminated in the single most important image to symbolize that period. When the Civil War began in 1861, Winslow Homer was a young man beginning his artistic career. As a special correspondent for Harper's Weekly, Homer spent extended periods of time on the front lines creating sketches of the soldiers and events he witnessed. Many of his sketches were reproduced in Harper's as wood engravings, while others were later developed into oil paintings. Homer went on to achieve great success and is recognized as one of the most significant American artists of the nineteenth century. Dr. Bolton holds a Ph.D. in art history from Harvard University.

(LECTURE) – LECTURE BY GRAHAME LONG

Curator Lecture Series: "...Deathly Blasts By The Thousands." Advancements in Small Arms Technology, 1860-1865

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:30pm

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

Deathly Blasts by the Thousands: Advancements in Small Arms Technology, 1860-1865. Efficiency, cost, accuracy, and power were elements critical to the development of small arms in the mid-19th century. While attempts to "build a better mousetrap" often failed, others proved devastatingly effective. Advancements in armaments technology leading up to and during the Civil War instituted a new age of modern warfare and produced weapons more damaging than anyone had previously imagined. Rifled muskets with Minié balls, reliable revolvers, and the advent of metal cartridges all marked a decisive movement away from traditional armed conflict and into a far more devastating form of fighting. Join curator of history, Grahame Long, for the last presentation in our Civil War curator lecture series and learn more about mid-19th advancements in weaponry.

Living History Programs

(LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS) – THE BATTLE OF CHARLESTON EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Hosted by the 4th New Hampshire/7th South Carolina Infantry, Inc. and Legare Farms Education Foundation

March 25-27, 2011

Legare Farms, 2620 Hanscombe Point Road, John's Island

Admission: TBA

Contact: Beth A. Jarrells, bajarrells@gmail.com

The year 2011 marks the beginning of the commemoration period of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. The Battle of Charleston, an annual event, will kick off the commemoration in the Charleston area with a wide array of living history demonstrations including Gullah, medical, military, Calvary, artillery, and civilian activities. We will celebrate our country with salutes to our military, honoring veterans, a large barbecue cook off (SCBA judged with prizes), live bands, both period and current, and a period Ball. There will also be re-creation of the Union naval landing and the resulting battle. The goals of this event are to honor our country's fallen heroes; educate the public (including a vibrant school day on Friday with hundreds of local school children, their teachers, chaperones and parents); and celebrate our great nation and its struggles toward equality, all the while raising money for worthy causes. The hosting non-profit organizations will be "paying forward" the proceeds to the Alzheimer's Association, Mercy Hospice, and the Friends of the Hunley (The Hunley Commission).

(LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS) – CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTS AT PATRIOTS POINT

April 9-16, 2011 from 9am-6:30pm

Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant

Admission: $18/Adults (12 and up); $15/Seniors & Active Duty Military w/ ID; $11/Child (6-11); FREE/Active Duty Military in Uniform and Children under 6 with adult ticket; Parking: $5 per day per vehicle

Contact: Patriots Point (866) 831-1720; http://www.patriotspoint.org

Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the event. Over 300 Civil War reenactors will be camped at Patriots Point in an artillery camp overlooking Charleston Harbor with 24 artillery pieces to fire upon Fort Sumter. Living history presentations along with lantern tours and artillery demonstrations will likely be taking place daily from April 9th until April 16th. Peak shows will be during April 11-14th.

(LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS) - LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS WITH CONFEDERATE AND CIVILIAN REENACTORS

April 9-17, 2011 at various times

Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center, 340 Concord Street

Admission: TBA

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Confederate and civilian reenactors will be on site providing living history programs for visitors.

Reenactments

(REENACTMENT) - UNION REENACTORS PORTRAYING COMPANIES E & H, 1ST US ARTILLERY REGIMENT

April 9-14, 2011 at various times

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Admission: TBA

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Union reenactors will portray Companies E & H, 1st US Artillery Regiment. This also includes members of the regimental band. Living history programs will be offered to visitors arriving on each tour boat.

(REENACTMENT) - ENCAMPMENT OF CONFEDERATE REENACTORS

April 9-17, 2011 at various times

Fort Moultrie, 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island

Admission: TBA

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

Confederate reenactors representing units stationed at the fort and on Sullivan's Island at this time in April 1861, will be camped on site presenting living history programs to visitors.

(REENACTMENT) – THE COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST SHOT

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 6:45am

Fort Johnson, James Island

Admission: FREE (advance tickets required – request by email to firstshot@knology.net)

Contact: Doug Bostick, Committee Chairman - firstshot@knology.net; (843) 225-0180.

On the morning of April 12, 1861, Company C of the South Carolina Battalion of Artillery was stationed at the Beach Battery at Fort Johnson on James Island. Captain George James, company commander, gave the order to fire a shot on Fort Sumter. Lieutenant Henry Farley pulled the lanyard on the 10-inch seacoast mortar, firing a signal shot over Fort Sumter. This is regarded as the "first shot" of the Civil War.

On April 12, 2011, the Town of James Island, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, will host a commemorative ceremony at Fort Johnson to mark the 150th anniversary of the first shot. The one-hour ceremony will start promptly at 6:45am with the firing of an authentic 1840 10-inch seacoast mortar, a match to the gun that fired the first shot. As in 1861, a star burst shell will fire over the harbor. The keynote address will be offered by the Honorable Glenn F. McConnell, President Pro Tempore, South Carolina Senate.

The event is free and open to the public; however tickets are required for attendance. Tickets may be requested by emailing firstshot@knology.net. Requests are limited to two tickets each. Given a limited number of tickets and the large demand, a lottery will be conducted on March 15, 2:00 pm at the James Island Town Hall to determine the issuance of tickets. After the close of the ceremony, the Fort Johnson site will be open for visitation. A guided tour of Fort Johnson will be offered during the day and information on points of interest will be available.

(REENACTMENT) - GARRISON OF FORT SUMTER REENACTMENT

April 14-17, 2011 at various times

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Admission: TBA

Contact: Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust (843) 224-0331, www.sccivilwar.org

On the afternoon of April 14, 1861, the US garrison surrendered and left the fort. Then Company B, South Carolina Artillery Battalion and the Palmetto Guard, an infantry company moved into the fort. CS reenactors representing these units will garrison the fort, offering living history programs to visitors on each tour boat.

(REENACTMENT) - THE 148TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSAULT ON BATTERY WAGNER

Monday, July 18, 2011 from 3-5pm

Board Boat at Charleston Maritime Center, 10 Wharfside Street

Admission: TBA

Contact: Joe McGill, Joseph_McGill@nthp.org

Civil War reenactors will commemorate the 148th anniversary of the Assault on Battery Wagner. Volunteer reenactors from B & I Companies, 54th Massachusetts Reenactment Regiment will honor the men that participated in that historic battle on July 18, 1863. The event will occur on Morris Island, South Carolina and the public is invited to attend.

(REENACTMENT) – REENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF SECESSIONVILLE

Presented by the Confederate Heritage Trust in association with Boone Hall Plantation

November 11-13, 2011 from 9am-6pm

Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens, 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant

Admission: $17.50/Adult; $15/Senior, Military, AAA; $7.50/Child (6-12 yrs); FREE/Child (Under 5 w/ Adult)

Contact: Boone Hall Plantation: (843) 884-4371, http://boonehallplantation.com

History will repeat itself in the form of living history. Step back into time as men, women and children present what life may have been like during the Antebellum Era. Become a part of that era with interactive historical displays. Come relive the actions of the men who fought with honor and courage.

Symposium and Special Events

(CONVENTION) 2011 STATE CONVENTION OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND ORDER OF CONFEDERATE ROSE

April 8-9, 2011

Charleston Rifle Club, 2221 Heriot Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: N/A – Members Only

Contact: Bill Norris (843) 849-9924 or David Rentz (843) 518-7271, SC Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, www.scv4.org/2011Schedule.htm

South Carolina Society Order of Confederate Rose Annual Meeting and South Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold their Annual Reunion and 2011 State Convention. A $10 tour of the Charleston Confederate and United Daughters of the Confederacy Museum will be held on Friday afternoon. An Oyster Roast will be held Friday evening, and business for both organizations will be conducted on Saturday. The Roses will be electing a new state president. Produced by SC Society Order of Confederate Rose and SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans.

(AFTERNOON TEA) TEA AT THE MOULTRIE HOUSE

Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 3-5pm

The Moultrie House, across the street from the entrance to Fort Moultrie, on the right, beside the Museum, Sullivan's Island

Admission: N/A – Members Only

Contact: Palmetto Soldiers Relief Society, www.psrs-csa.com

Bring your favorite teacup. This is open to PSRS members and female civilian reeanctors camping at Patriot's Point.

(LUNCHEON) LUNCHEON AT THE MOULTRIE HOUSE

Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 12pm

The Moultrie House, across the street from the entrance to Fort Moultrie, on the right, beside the Museum, Sullivan's Island

Admission: N/A – Members Only

Contact: Palmetto Soldiers Relief Society, www.psrs-csa.com

This is open to PSRS members and female civilian reeanctors camping at Patriot's Point.

(PERIOD DANCE) FORT SUMTER SOIREE

Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 6:30-10:30pm

USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point, Patriot's Point Blvd., Mount Pleasant

Admission: $40; Registration Deadline: April 2, 2011

Contact: South Carolina Society Order of Confederate Rose (864) 244-2372, email info@fortsumtersoiree.com and visit www.fortsumtersoiree.com

Dance the night away to music by the Emmy award-winning band, Unreconstructed. Guests are asked to dress in 1860s period formal or modest modern formal; all uniforms welcome. Light refreshments will be served. A free demo dance and dance practice will be held in Liberty Square, adjacent to the South Carolina Aquarium, on Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 2-3:15pm. Produced by South Carolina Society Order of Confederate Rose.

(BANQUET & SYMPOSIUM) - SOUTH CAROLINA MASONIC RESEARCH SOCIETY 2011 BANQUET & SYMPOSIUM

Friday, April 22, 2011 at 7pm

Omar Shrine Temple, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant

Admission: $25; Parking: FREE

Contact: Joshua Bowers: (843) 599-5219 or joshuabowersmm@yahoo.com

Masonic author Michael Halleran will be the keynote speaker at this first annual event. Well known as the editor of "Brother Brother's Journal" as published by the Scottish Rite Journal, Halleran is a freelance writer and a practicing attorney in the Flint Hills of East-Central Kansas. In addition, he is a lecturer at Emporia State University, and the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature; Freemasonry in the American Civil War (University of Alabama Press, 2010), the first scholarly look at Masonry's role in the U.S. Civil War.

Released in March 2010, Better Angels has received praise from both Masonic and Non-Masonic reviewers:

• "Michael Halleran has set a new, high standard for scholarship on Freemasonry in the Civil War. His stories are compelling, the research is impeccable, and his analysis gives fresh insights on the "mystic tie" of the fraternity." - S. Brent Morris, Ph.D., 33° Managing Editor, Scottish Rite Journal.

• "The Better Angels of Our Nature accomplishes what few books about Freemasons are able to do: it explores the legends and long-told tall tales of the fraternity in an academic fashion, with both dispassionate analysis of the facts, and an obvious passion for the subject." - Christopher L. Hodapp, Editor, Journal of the Masonic Society.

• "[Halleran] knows the sources thoroughly and exploits them in a masterly fashion. What he produced has certainly exceeded its predecessors and Better Angels of Our Nature is surely the best volume available on wartime freemasonry, and one I would recommend to anyone interested in the subject." – Mark Lause, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, in Civil War Book Review.

The current Grant Senior Deacon in the Grand Lodge of Kansas, A.F. & A.M., Halleran received the Mackey Award for Excellence in Masonic Scholarship by the Scottish Rite Research Society in 2006 and he has lectured on military Freemasonry in both the United States and Great Britain. Following dinner, Bro. Michael will deliver an extensive presentation (and answer your questions) about Freemasons in the American Civil War. He will have his books available for purchase – you may reserve a copy in advance by calling (843) 599-5219 – and he will be on hand to personally autograph them. Seating is limited for this event – please reserve your seat today! This event is open to the general public.

Theatre

(DINNER THEATRE & TOUR) SCENES BEFORE THE FIRST SHOT: A DINNER DATE WITH HISTORY

Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 5:15-8:30pm; boarding at 5:15pm; cruising from 5:30-8:30pm

Fort Sumter Visitors Center at Liberty Square, 340 Concord Street

Admission: $75*

Contact: SpiritLine Cruises (800) 789-3678; http://spiritlinecruises.com/civil_war_events.asp

Step aboard the "Spirit of the Lowcountry" and back into history for a dinner cruise to Fort Sumter. Authentically presented inside the historic fort, actors will recreate the drama, chaos and various viewpoints as the Civil War began. While enjoying a gourmet three-course dinner aboard the boat, you'll be entertained by none other than Mark Twain himself whose personal reminiscences of this time are both insightful and hilarious. Music by Lowcountry favorites The Plantation Singers will stir your soul. This exclusive, one-night-only event concludes with a sunset glide through Charleston's beautiful harbor. Presented by SpiritLine Cruises to benefit the Fort Moultrie/Fort Sumter Historical Trust. All Profit to be donated to the Trust. * Price includes three-course meal, coffee, tea, performances, and al,, l, taxes, and gratuities. Price does not include alcoholic beverages available for purchase onboard. Seating onboard is assigned group seating, larger parties may be seated at separate tables. No special seating requests can be accommodated.

(THEATRE) – "CIVIL WAR VOICES" ON TOUR

Apr. 8-9 & 12 at 7:30pm, Apr. 9 & 12 at 2pm; Apr. 10-11 at 3pm

Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $32

Contact: Barter Theatre: (276) 628-3991; http://www.bartertheatre.com/shows/show_detail.php?show_id=131

Written by James R. Harris, Featuring music from the period with Original Arrangements by Mark Hayes. True stories, real words - the people and the music that shaped America. The stirring and passionate true stories of the people who lived through the greatest conflict in our nation's history as told in their own words and woven with traditional music of the period that will inspire you in ways you never thought possible. This play is filled with the courage, sacrifice, personal suffering and triumph of the people and time that galvanized our nation, giving a perspective on the Civil War that is not contained in any history books. Produced and performed by the Barter Theatre of Abingdon, Virginia www.bartertheatre.com; Director: Susanne Boulle.

(THEATRE) - MARY CHESNUT'S ROAD TO FORT SUMTER

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7pm; Sunday April 10, 2011 at 2pm & 7pm

Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen Street

Admission: $25 show only; $50 Saturday evening show & champagne and chocolates reception

Contact: South Carolina Historical Society; http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/?name=Site&catID=20612&parentID=17491

The South Carolina Historical Society and Actors' Theatre of South Carolina present a one-act play based on A Diary from Dixie by Mary Chesnut; starring and adapted by Chris Weatherhead. The enigmatic daughter of a South Carolina governor and United States senator, Mary Chesnut was a brilliant observer of humanity, a philosopher, and a humorist. She is remembered today for her riveting and poignant personal journal chronicling the rise and fall of the Confederate States of America. Published in 1905 as A Diary from Dixie, it has been hailed as "the finest work to come out of the Civil War." Film, television, and theater star Chris Weatherhead brings Mary Chesnut vividly to life in this wonderful stage production. With her portrayal of the extraordinary South Carolinian, the actress has been praised for accomplishing "what many notable historians fail to do in a lifetime of writing. She presents a clear overview of the Civil War with both historical integrity and dramatic excellence!"

Tours

(TOUR) – FORT SUMTER HARBOR CRUISE AND TOUR

• March 1-14, 2011 (Tours Daily at 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 10:45am & 1:30pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant)

• March 15 - April 8, 2011 (Tours Daily at 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 10:45am, 1:30pm, 4pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant)

• April 18 – August 20, 2011 (Tours Daily at 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 10:45am, 1:30pm, 4pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant)

• August 21 – November 30, 2011 (Closed Thanksgiving Day) (Tours Daily at 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 10:45am & 1:30pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant) (Special 4pm Labor Day Weekend tours Fri., Sat., Sun.)

• December 1-24, 2011 (Tours Daily at 11am & 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 1:30pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant)

• December 26-31, 2011 (Tours Daily at 9:30am, 12pm & 2:30pm departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston) and (Tours Daily at 10:45am & 1:30pm departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant )

Admission: $16/Adults; $14.50/Seniors; $10/Child (6-11); FREE/Child (Under 6)

Fort Sumter is the Island Fort where the Civil War began. Fort Sumter Tours is an authorized National Park Service concessioner. We provide the only commercial boat transportation to Fort Sumter, the island fort where the Civil War began. The cruise yachts carrying you to Fort Sumter are U.S. Coast Guard inspected passenger vessels. They are clean, safe and equipped with snack bars and restrooms. We have two convenient locations from which you can depart: Liberty Square in downtown Charleston, or in Mt. Pleasant at the Patriots Point Maritime Museum, the world's largest naval and maritime museum. The 2 hour and 15 minute tour consists of approximately 35 minutes of narration while cruising historic Charleston Harbor, 1 hour at Fort Sumter, and then 30 minutes of continued narration on the return trip. After boarding, you will experience a relaxing 30 minute cruise through Charleston's historic harbor out to Fort Sumter. The tour is fully narrated and explains many points of interest and historic significance. You will learn about the major events which led to the outbreak of America's most bloody war. At Fort Sumter National Park, historians will provide detailed information about Fort Sumter and its pivotal role in the War between the States. There is a museum with fascinating exhibits and a small gift shop for your enjoyment. After one hour at the Fort, you will cruise back to port, enjoying panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and Charleston's bustling harbor.

(TOUR) – CHARLESTON'S FIRST CIVIL WAR WALKING TOUR

Presented by Jack Thomson

March 1-December 31, 2011; tours daily at 9am

Mills House Hotel lobby, 115 Meeting Street; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $20/Adult; Free/Children (under 12); Reservations appreciated, walk-ins welcome

Contact: Jack Thomson, (842) 270-2417, Thomson.jw@comcast.net or visit www.civilwarwalk.com

Stroll back in history with a published Civil War historian and licensed tour guide, Jack Thomson. He describes in vivid detail life on the streets of Confederate Charleston. Tours are enriched with his remarkable collection of photos taken in Charleston during the war.

(TOUR & LECTURE) - CURATOR-LED TOURS OF BATTERY PRINGLE

Friday Tours: March 25, April 29, May 27, September 30, October 28, 2011 at 1:30pm

Saturday Tours: April 9, 2011 at 11am & November 12, 2011 at 10am

The Dill Sanctuary, 1153 Riverland Drive

Admission: Friday tours are $7/Members; $10/Non-Members; Saturday tours are $10/Members; $15/Non-Members

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Charleston Museum offers a rare opportunity to walk through Civil War history. Curator of history, Grahame Long, will lead walking tours of Battery Pringle, one of four Confederate fortifications located at the Museum's Dill Sanctuary on James Island. Saturday tours will also include a stop at Battery Tynes. Produced by the Charleston Museum.

• Battery Pringle: Located on the Stono River, this battery was the cornerstone of General P.G.T. Beauregard's "New Lines" constructed in 1863. For ten days in July 1864, Pringle faced multiple Union assaults from both the ground and sea. Despite being undermanned and under-gunned, this earthwork battery proved a formidable defense among the dangerous war zones surrounding Charleston. Archaeological research indicates large numbers of troops remained stationed at Pringle and the other fortifications on the property throughout much of the Civil War. Battery Pringle is one of the best-preserved examples of Confederate earthworks extant today.

(TOUR) – ANSON STREET TOUR

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

March 26 & 29, 2011 from 2-5pm

Anson Street; various homes and gardens; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/festival_tours.html#legare

With its concentration of early 19th century dwellings, this neighborhood is named after Admiral Lord Anson, a British naval officer who allegedly won this acreage in a card game in 1725. Many of its antebellum houses were built in the years between the Great Fire of 1838 and the outbreak of the Civil War.

(TOUR) – FRENCH QUARTER TOUR

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

April 1 & 4, 2011 from 2-5pm

French Quarter Neighborhood; various homes and gardens; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/festival_tours.html#legare

Settled as part of colonial Charles Towne's original "Grand Modell," this area was first referred to as the French Quarter in 1873, as many buildings damaged in the Civil War were restored. The name reflects the large population of French merchants who lived and worked here.

(TOUR & LECTURE) - CURATOR-LED TOURS OF THREADS OF WAR EXHIBIT

Apr. 7, May 5, Jun. 2, Jul. 7, Aug. 4, 2011 at 10:30am

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

Join us for a curator-led tour of Threads of War: Clothing and Textiles of the Civil War, an original exhibit featuring women's, men's and children's clothing, uniforms and accessories, quilts, coverlets and flags, along with magazines, newspapers, daguerreotypes and diaries which provide tangible images of mid-nineteenth century Charleston and a lifestyle torn apart by war.

(TOUR) – HOUSE & SITES OF THE CIVIL WAR

Presented by the 64th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

April 9 & 12, 2011; 2-5pm

Various homes and sites; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/festival_tours.html#legare

2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the opening shots of the Civil War, fired April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. As part of the city-wide commemoration of this significant anniversary in our nation's history, the Festival of Houses and Gardens has developed this very special tour featuring houses, gardens and historic sites associated with the Civil War.

(TOUR) – 150TH CIVIL WAR WALK

Presented by Walk Charleston

April 9-13, 2011 at 10am

Washington Square Park, 78 Broad St., Downtown Charleston

Admission: $18/Adult; $12/Child (ages 8-14)

Contact: Walk Charleston, (843) 345-9714 or visit http://walkcharleston.com/civilwar.html

Charleston native and local historian Alan Stello will take your group on a 2 1/2 hour walking tour of Charleston's historic district. See the buildings and homes where historic figures lived, worked and politicked during the antebellum years. Points of interest include: Fort Sumter; Historic Churches; History of the H.L. Hunley Submarine; Antebellum Mansions; Ladies of Civil War Charleston; Slavery; Secession; The Siege (1863-1865). Produced by Walk Charleston.

(TOUR) - SPECIAL CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL HARBOR CRUISES TO FORT SUMTER

April 9-17, 2011 (Tours departing from Liberty Square at Aquarium Wharf, 360 Concord Street, Downtown Charleston: April 9-17 at 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm; April 10-11, 13, 15-17 at 5:15pm) and (Tours departing from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant: April 9-17 at 10:45am, 1:30pm, 4pm)

Admission: $16/Adults; $14.50/Seniors; $10/Child (6-11); FREE/Child (Under 6)

Contact: SpiritLine Cruises: (800) 789-3678 http://www.spiritlinecruises.com

Go back in time to April 1861 and visit Fort Sumter this April for the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Between April 9th and April 17th reenactors will occupy Fort Sumter and give living history programs for each tour to the Fort. Reenactors representing Union soldiers of the 1st Artillery Regiment will occupy the Fort until April 14th, and reenactors representing the Palmetto Guard and South Carolina Artillery Battalion will occupy the Fort from April 14th until April 17th.

(TOUR) – FROM WHERE THEY STOOD - SESQUICENTENNIAL DINNER CRUISE TO FORT SUMTER

April 9, 12 & 14, 2011; boarding at 5:15pm, cruising from 5:30-9pm

Fort Sumter Visitors Center at Liberty Square, 340 Concord Street

Admission: $65

Contact: SpiritLine Cruises: (800) 789-3678; http://spiritlinecruises.com/specials_overview.asp

Join us aboard the Spirit of the Lowcountry to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. History comes alive before your eyes at Fort Sumter this April! Your adventure begins at the Fort Sumter Visitors Center at Liberty Square where you board the Spirit of the Lowcountry for your transportation back in time to Fort Sumter 1861. During your one hour on the Fort you will enjoy a living history program by reenactors who represent the Union soldiers of the 1st Artillery Regiment who occupied Fort Sumter until April 14th, 1861. After departing the Fort we will serve a delicious three-course southern-style meal: Mixed Spring Green Salad with candied pecans, bleu cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette; Sweet Tea Brined Pork Porterhouse Steak with Vidalia onion confit, whipped potatoes, sautéed vegetables, and a natural reduction sauce; Orange Glazed Sweet Potato Pie with candied orange and bourbon crème Anglaise. During dinner you will be entertained by period music and a fascinating lecture on Fort Sumter's role in the start of the Civil War by a well-known local military historian. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity!

(TOUR) - THE BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER BY BOAT

Presented by Walk Charleston

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 4pm and 6pm

Charleston Maritime Center, 10 Wharfside Street, Sandlapper Boat Dock, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $40/all guests

Contact: Walk Charleston, (843) 345-9714 or visit http://walkcharleston.com/civilwar.html

Join historian and author Michael Coker for this special 150th Anniversary commemorative program. Guests will partake in a 90-minute boat tour of Charleston's harbor as Mr. Coker leads an intimate discussion of the events leading up to the War and the Battle of Fort Sumter. See Fort Sumter, Morris Island, Fort Moultrie and the Charleston peninsula from a naval perspective. This will be an exclusive once in a lifetime opportunity that will occur on the exact anniversary day of the start of the Civil War! The program includes our custom 150th commemorative pin and your first glass of wine is complimentary. Produced by Walk Charleston.

(TOUR) – SOUTH BATTERY TOUR

Presented by the 6th Annual Festival of House & Gardens

April 13 & 16, 2011 from 2-5pm

South Battery, various homes and gardens; Downtown Charleston

Admission: $45

Contact: Festival of Houses and Gardens, (843) 723-1623 or visit http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/festival_tours.html#legare

Although South Battery was heavily bombarded during the Civil War, new construction of the postbellum era included fine Victorian houses as well as early 20th century waterfront mansions. The creation of Murray Boulevard in 1911 further enhanced this development.

(TOUR) – CUSTOMIZED CHARLESTON CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE

Presented by Walk Charleston

Dates and routes are flexible; call to schedule your personalized tour

Admission: $20-$300 depending on points of interest included in your tour

Contact: Walk Charleston, (843) 345-9714, email info@walkcharleston.com, visit http://walkcharleston.com/civilwar.html

It is our pleasure to help you create your 1 or 2 day itinerary with a variety of exciting options! Your Civil War Charleston experience can include walking tours, harbor tours, visits to historic fortifications, tours of antebellum-era mansions, exclusive curator-lead museum visits, and much more! We can accommodate groups of any size. We can also coordinate so that one of our affiliate conductors/historians escorts your group through your entire visit. Please call (843) 345-9714 or email info@walkcharleston.com and we'll help you design your custom Civil War experience! Produced by Walk Charleston.

(TOUR) – CHRISTMAS 1860: "RELIVING THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR"

December 2 & 9, 2011 from 6:30-8:30pm

Edmondston-Alston House, 21 East Battery Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $17.50/Advance; $22.50/At the Door

Contact: Middleton Place, (843) 722-7171 or visit http://www.middletonplace.org

Celebrate the holiday season with a special performance by candlelight tour at the Edmondston-Alston House. The historic house will be decorated for the holidays much as it would have been in 1860. Living historians in period clothing tell the story of Charleston's last opulent Christmas before the start of the Civil War and Christmas traditions of the day.

Workshops

(WORKSHOP) - HOME SCHOOL WORKSHOP: THE CIVIL WAR

Mar. 22, Apr. 26, 2011 from 10-11:30am

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

The year 2011 marks the 150 anniversary of the Civil War. Older home school students and their families are invited to participate in workshop series focusing on the Civil War. The series consists of four classes and a project and will meet on the fourth Tuesday of every month.

(EXHIBIT) - CITY UNDER SIEGE: CHARLESTON IN THE CIVIL WAR

Ongoing permanent exhibit

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996, http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

(EXHIBIT) CONFEDERATE MUSEUM

Ongoing; open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-3:30pm; closed Sunday-Monday

Confederate Museum, 188 Meeting Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: $5/Adults & Teens; $3/Children 6-12; Free/Children under 6

Contact: Charleston Chapter #4 of the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" (843) 723-1541

Owned and operated by the Charleston Chapter #4 of the "United Daughters of the Confederacy," the museum features artifacts from the War Between the States.

(EXHIBIT) - THE OLD SLAVE MART MUSEUM

Ongoing; open Monday-Saturday from 9am-5pm

The Old Slave Mart Museum, 6 Chalmers Street

Admission: FREE

Contact: The Old Slave Mart Museum (843) 958-6467; email: osmm@charleston-sc.gov ;

http://www.charlestoncity.info/dept/content.aspx?nid=1469

(EXHIBIT) - THREADS OF WAR: CLOTHING AND TEXTILES OF THE CIVIL WAR

October 14, 2010 - September 5, 2011

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996, http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

(EXHIBIT) – "THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR" MANUSCRIPTS

December 15, 2010 – April 27, 2011; Open Tuesday-Friday from 11am-4pm; Closed Holidays

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring Street, Downtown Charleston

Admission: FREE; Parking: FREE

Contact: Karpeles Manuscript Museum: (843) 853-4651, http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/chasfrm.html

(EXHIBIT) – FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS, SOUTH CAROLINA PERSPECTIVES ON THE WAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA

April 8-May 8, 2011 open Tues.-Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat.-Sun. 12pm-5pm

Opening Reception: Friday, April 8, 2011 from 6-8pm

City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau Street, adjacent to Waterfront Park

Admission: FREE

Contact: City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs (843) 724-7305; City Gallery at Waterfront Park (843) 958-6484

(EXHIBIT) - STEPHEN MARC - PASSAGE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

April 8-July 10, 2011; Open Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: $9/Adults; $7/Seniors, Students, Military; $5/Children (6-12); FREE/Members & Children under 6

Contact: Gibbes Museum of Art: (843) 722-2706 ext. 22; www.gibbesmuseum.org

(EXHIBIT) - A SOLDIER'S VIEW OF CIVIL WAR CHARLESTON

April 8-July 10, 2011; Open Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street

Admission: $9/Adults; $7/Seniors, Students, Military; $5/Children (6-12); FREE/Members & Children under 6

Contact: Gibbes Museum of Art: (843) 722-2706 ext. 22; www.gibbesmuseum.org

(EXHIBIT) - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT SMALLS

April 3, 2012 - June 19, 2012

Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street

Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children

Contact: Charleston Museum (843) 722-2996 http://www.charlestonmuseum.org

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Ongoing schedule of Lowcountry events to commemorate Civil War Sesquicentennial