But perhaps it was in the South Carolina Statehouse and captured by Sherman's men in 1865. What we do know is that a veteran of a New York regiment from the Civil War presented it to the state of New York in 1889 during a ceremony on the state house grounds in Albany.

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Regardless of whether there was a massacre or not, (the battle) became a symbol to rejuvenate the Patriot cause.

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Our job is to try to develop the collections related to South Carolina history.

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