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"M" is for Musgrove, Mary (ca. 1700-1765). Mediator between the Creeks and the English. Musgrove was born Coosaponakeesa in Coweta, Creek Nation (central…

"P" is for Post and Courier (2010 circulation: 86,084 daily and 94,940 Sunday). Published in Charleston, the Post and Courier is the oldest daily…

"P" is for Potter’s Raid (April 5-21, 1865). General Edward E. Potter’s raid into the lowcountry and central South Carolina was neither massive nor…

"P" is for Presbyterian Church in America. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) organized in 1973 when 215 churches withdrew from the Southern…

"S" is for Smalls, Robert (1839-1915). Legislator, congressman. Born a slave in Beaufort, Small’s master hired him out as a laborer in Charleston where he…

"C" is for Cooperationists. In South Carolina the secessionist crisis of 1850-1851 saw the state divide into three factions. A small coterie of Unionists…

"C" is Cunningham, Frank Harrison (1880-1928) and Joseph Gilbert Cunningham (1882-1969). Architects. The Cunningham brothers were prolific architects in…

"C" is for Crum, William Demosthenes (1859-1912). Physician, civic leader, political activist. Born a free person of color, Crum attended the University…

"P" is for Preston, William Campbell (1794-1860). U.S. Senator. A Virginian, Preston’s illness forced him to withdraw from Washington College. His parents…

"P" is for punches. Punches have been prominent at South Carolina social gatherings from the state’s beginnings. When Eliza Lucas Pinckney recorded her…