The Civil War in Charleston Tour

Civil War Tour: This is a unique and informative tour of the Civil War here in Charleston, that goes past the usual facts and figures. You will hear some lesser-known topics that were vital to Charleston’s role in the war such as blockade-running, women of Charleston including Emma Holmes and Mary Boykin Chesnut and their role on the home-front, as well as prominent Charlestonians who were actually against secession. We’ll talk about the 54th Massachusetts, the first entirely black regiment, who led the vanguard in one of the assaults on Morris Island, and Robert Smalls, the enslaved harbor pilot who stole a Confederate ship and became a national hero.