Click any image below to begin a slide show of images from The Carolinas Campaign:
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The Shelton Church ruins in Yemassee, South Carolina was burned by British troops in 1779 and rebuilt only to be burned by Sherman’s troops in 1865.
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Kris Gunvalsen takes the role of WT Sherman at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville, NC 2015
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Spanish moss laden Live Oaks trees line the drive to the Tomotley Plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina 2015
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Reenactors as “Contraband” take the impression of liberated slaves that joined Sherman’s march through the Carolinas in Bentonville, NC 2015
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Spanish moss laden Live Oaks trees line the drive to the Tomotley Plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina 2015
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The earthen walls of Fort Fisher in Wilmington, NC
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Union reenactors rest after a march in Bentonville, NC
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Fire near Charleston, SC. Sherman’s troops would leave a smoky trail through the Carolinas in 1865.
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Confederate reenactors prepare to attack in Bentonville, NC 2015
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Drayton Hall was the only plantation along the Ashley River to survive the burning in 1865
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Union troops had to wade through these swamps while under fire during the Battle of River’s Bridge
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Confederate earthworks at River’s bridge Battlefield
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Union reenactors open fire at Bentonville, NC
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Cypress swamps at Congaree National Park
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Confederate reenactors commemorate their last payday as soldiers for the Confederacy
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Slave cabins at Magnolia Plantation
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Union reenactors at Bentonville, North Carolina
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The Stars and Bars flies over a Confederate memorial at the South Carolina State House.
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Bridge over the Congaree River at Columbia South Carolina 2015
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Union reenactors defend against Confederate attacks at Bentonville
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The ruins of Confederate Wade Hampton’s home in Columbia, SC
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19th century citizens of Bentonville
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Ruins of Saluda Mill burned by Sherman’s troops in their occupation of Columbia
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Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, NC. Sherman met a Union steamboat here and received the news about the Fall of Wilmington
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Union reenactors defend against Confederate attacks in Bentonville
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Stockade around Fort Fisher near Wilmington, SC 2015
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Marsh and the Cape Fear River at Fort Fisher
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in 1865 the Union Navy filled the sea here opposite Fort Fisher
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Confederate reenactors rally in an attack on their entrenched Union counterparts in Bentonville, NC
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Surrounded by sea and marsh Fort Fisher at Wilmington, NC
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Wounded and exhausted reenactors at Bentonville, NC
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The Battlefield at Averasboro
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Union reenactors rest on the Battlefield at Bentonville, NC
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Ravine on the Battlefield at Averasboro stopped a Union flank attack
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Confederates engage Sherman’s troops at Bentonville 2015
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Salkehatchie Swamps at River’s Bridge
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Confederate earthworks at River’s Bridge Battlefield
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Union reenactors take the impression of Sherman’s western army at Bentonville, North Carolina 2015
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Confederates eventually retreated across Mill Creek after the Battle of Bentonville.
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Live Oak trees line a plantation drive in South Carolina
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Picnic grounds at Magnolia Plantation
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Swamps at Magnolia Plantation
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Gardens at Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, SC 2015
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In 1864-65 City Point, Virginia was the largest military depot in the world
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Grant’s HQ at City Point, Virginia 2015