They basically started it.
And when Sherman arrived there in January 1865, he decided to put the boot in.
The events following and leading to the Civil War.
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry
John browns raid and election of 1812
people died and the south surrendered.\
cotten
In 1710, due to disputes over governance, the Carolina colony began to split into North Carolina and South Carolina. The latter became a crown colony in 1729. It had nothing to do with the Civil war as both Carolinas exhisted before the War and both sides joined the South
Once Sherman's forces marched through Georgia and the Carolinas, destroying everything in its path, civilians were devastated.
Robert E. Lee
January 10, 1861. Fired by the South Carolinas at an Union ship named "Star of the West"
Grant for the North, Lee for the South
Cotton.
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