The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history
The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...
South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...
South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years
South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...
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History talk explores new view on cause of Civil War
There was a different twist on history during the March 6 First Thursday History Presentation at the Jamestown Public Library. Jamestown resident Jim Lutzweiler critiqued the book “The Demon of ...
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What was Charleston like at the end of the Civil War?
The Civil War — at least in Charleston ... such as cutting two of South Carolina’s three railroad lines along the way. Yet Sherman also was aware that Charleston was by then only a ...
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New Civil War research more fully details deaths in South, Georgia
New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.
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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina. There, thousands of Black ...