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South Carolina National Parks promise equal parts nature and history. So. get ready to take a deep dive into the history as you explore.

Four years ago, Disunion convened a panel of experts to discuss the outbreak of the Civil War. Now, those experts are back to discuss the war’s end, and its legacy.

At Camp Saxton in Port Royal, the men of the First South Carolina Infantry heard about their freedom for the first time on Jan. 1, 1863.

These forgotten soldiers might have been the first Black troops to wear Union blue in combat February 18 An engraving of 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Decent at the Emancipation Day Ceremony at Camp Saxton, South Carolina, Jan. 1, 1863. (Library of Congress) A retired Army colonel and his former West Point roommate believe they have discovered a nearly forgotten — and possibly first — Black unit in the Civil War and are spearheading efforts to see the history-making soldiers honored nearly 160 years later. The career soldiers-turned-amateur-historians, retired Col. Chris ...