Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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A Diary of American Events – December 17, 1860

December 17, 2010

The Rebellion Record—A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore

—The South Carolina Convention met this day at Columbia, the capital of the State, General D. F. Jamieson in the chair, and passed a resolution to adjourn to Charleston, in consequence of the prevalence of the small-pox at Columbia, which was declared epidemic.

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