Museum Musings
September 18-20, 1863 – The Battle of Chickamauga, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war […]
Timeline provided by the Darlington County Historical Commission and related article by Bill Segars, as printed in the Darlington News & Press.
He fell and by the visible damage to his jacket was thought to have been killed. Stunned, he eventually shook off the chock to reveal that the Bible in his pocket had stopped the bullet. The minnie ball entered the lower right corner of the Bible and was stopped in Second Kings, thus saving his life.
"Today in History" we remember that on this date Friday, May 16 1873, Darlington County residents celebrated the completion and dedication of their "New" Court House. The first first session of court was held in it on June 2nd, Judge C.P. Townsend presided.
Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. -- Benjamin Franklin
Today in History - March 15, 1865, the CSS Pee Dee was scuttled in the muddy waters of the Great Pee Dee River.