While Lee was surrendering at Appomattox, the last military campaign in SC was taking place. Brig. Gen. Edward Potter was leading a force of 2500 men in a march from Georgetown to Manning to Sumter to Camden in search of railroad equipment they had been ordered to destroy. Especially noteworthy is that the African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts featured in the movie Glory, took part in the raid.
Potters Raid
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