The War Between The States
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was the heyday of American battleflags and their
bearers. With unusualhistorical accuracy, many stirring battle paintings
show the colors and their intrepid bearers in the forefront of the fray or
as a rallying point in a retreat. The colors of a Civil War regiment
embodied its honor, and the men ....
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.... Whilden and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert Whilden. The births of two
more sons, Richard Furman in 1826 and William Gilbert in 1828, would
complete the family, making seven children in all. Young Charles' roots
ran deep into the soil of the lowcountry. His Whilden ancestors had
settled in the Charleston area in the 1690's, and an ancestor on his
mother's side, the Rev. William Screven, had arrived in South Carolina
even earlier, establishing the First Baptist Church of Charleston in 16 ....
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