From These Honored Dead: Historical Archaeology of the American Civil War
Sixteen original essays that highlight the role of historical archaeology in our understanding of the American Civil War.
Cornfield to Airfield: A History of Columbia Army Air Base
Published to mark the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Columbia Army Air Base in Lexington County, South Carolina.
Military Life 101: Basic Training for New Military Families
Making the most of all your new military life has to offer can be difficult when you aren’t t familiar with what life in the military really means. The author addresses what to expect from life on the home front in the military and how this career path not only affects the service members but their families. This guide introduces new service members and their families to the culturally relevant and need-to- know information required to survive and thrive in the ever-evolving military lifestyle.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is a sprawling military base east of Columbia, South Carolina. With the impending entry of America into World War I, city fathers recognized the country's need for military training camps and made a successful proposal to the US Army for construction of a camp near Columbia. Camp Jackson soon became the home of the famous 81st "Wildcat" Division and, later, the 5th Infantry Division. Today, Fort Jackson is the Army's premier basic training installation, responsible for over 50 percent of Army trainees each year.
Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II
In November 1943, Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. was mortally wounded while leading a successful assault on a critical Japanese fortification on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor. The brutal, bloody 76-hour battle would ultimately claim the lives of more than 1,100 Marines and 5,000 Japanese forces.
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most up-to-date and complete account of D-Day--the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II. D-Day is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs.
The Vanishing Generation
Produced and directed by Mark Adams, The Vanishing Generation is a powerful visualization based on the first-hand accounts of South Carolina’s World War II veterans 61 years after the end of the war.
South Carolina’s Recipients of The Medal of Honor: Second Report to the General Assembly
Published in 1974, this second report of the South Carolina Medal of Honor Committee identifies twenty-four recipients who showed valor in military conflicts throughout the twentieth century. You can learn more about the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest award for military valor in action, and the brave recipients who have earned it at the Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina!
A Brief History of The Citadel
: This brochure explores the history of The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina’s military college from its establishment by the South Carolina legislature in 1842 through the Vietnam War. Various topics included in this brochure including the college’s location and name origin, the college during and after the Civil War, and the student body.
Whom We Would Never More See: History and Archeology Recover the Lives and Deaths of African American Civil War Soldiers on Folly Island, South Carolina
Four days before Christmas 1863, Union Private William Herbert died of typhoid and was buried on Folly Island, South Carolina, far from his hometown of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 55th Massachusetts Regiment, a volunteer regiment of African American soldiers from across the United States and beyond. This booklet follows the story of Private Herbert in the final year of his life as a soldier on Folly Beach, South Carolina.
