Resources Telegram announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter (1861) Charleston Museum Civil War Photographs Diaries Confederate Military Correspondence Slaves, J.J. Smith's Plantation, South Carolina Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives Black Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862 African Americans in Slavery - Photographs: 1847-1863 Civil War Photos: Charleston, SC Found: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Photo Albums Discus Resources Historic American Newspapers - The Camden Confederate: A Proclamation by the Go… Historic American Newspapers - The Yorkville Enquirer: The Battle of Fort Sumte… Historic American Newspapers - The New South: Siege Operations Before Charlesto… Historic American Newspapers - Edgefield Advertiser: The Late Fight at Secessio… Subjects Slavery and the Civil War