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South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?

  • Written by Mark M. Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageAn illustration of a deserter being executed by a firing squad at the Federal Camp in Alexandria during the American civil war. Kean Collection/Getty Images

Americans have an appetite for reenacting the past, especially the battles of the U.S. Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865. Every year, in an effort to relive something of the...

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