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Civil War fort ceremony to mark 1862 Battle of Secessionville June 16

Amid the roar of cannon fire Saturday, June 16, South Carolinians at Fort Lamar in Charleston will commemorate the Battle of Secessionville, one of the Palmetto State's most important Civil War battles that helped keep the port of Charleston out of Union hands.

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• 100,000 trout stocked in mountain streams
• DNR stocks striped and hybrid bass into Lakes Hartwell and Thurmond
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• Civil War fort ceremony to mark 1862 Battle of Secessionville June 16
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• Historic habitat protection project completed in Hampton County
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