It’s History In The Re-Making. Renovations are now underway on the last remaining piece of the old Confederate powderworks, the 150-foot tall chimney located on the Augusta Canal.

As ghosts begin to lurk everywhere, an annual tradition takes visitors to a South Carolina city back to the Civil War era and the spirits from that period. The Confederate Ghost Walk is Friday and Saturday in Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery and visitors can see vignettes about historic events related to those buried in the cemetery.

Approaching the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is holding its annual symposium on the war and how it affected the state.

The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum has a lot more to it than just artifacts from the Confederacy. And it’s also doing a lot more with a lot less, setting an attendance record for the fiscal year that ended June 30 despite a budget cut of about $100,000. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A retired USC history professor who’s volunteering his time to go through boxes of Confederate-era money at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History made a surprising discovery Tuesday morning. He found five $100 bills that are so rare no one knew they existed. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A Civil War-era film gets ready for its debut in the Garden City, and you can be the first to see it at the Imperial Theatre. The film’s director says this film is just one of the many that will help place Augusta on the map as it relates to the movie industry. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.

A Civil War-era film gets ready for its debut in the Garden City, and you can be the first to see it at the Imperial Theatre. The film’s director says this film is just one of the many that will help place Augusta on the map as it relates to the movie industry. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.

Historical remnants from a Civil War-era gunboat will be pulled from the depths of the Pee Dee River by a team of underwater archaeologists looking to preserve and, in the future, display a part of the area’s early history. The team is preparing to raise three Confederate cannons, each weighing more than 15 tons, from the watery resting places some 150 years after they were sunk by Confederate troops as Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s troops bared down on the Pee Dee, said state underwater archaeologist Christopher Amer.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed a bill designating April as Confederate Heritage and History Month in Georgia. The new designation is designed to boost tourism at the state’s Civil War battle sites.

A University of South Carolina archaeologist is scanning the bottom of Charleston Harbor for Civil War artifacts, using a twin-outboard motor boat and a clutch of scientific equipment. James Spirek of the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology has been on the water this week putting together the first comprehensive historical scan of the harbor bottom.

Andersonville National Historic Site holds “Andersonville Revisited” this weekend to re-enact life in the infamous Civil War prison camp.

Curators at the National Museum of American History have settled a 148-year-old mystery once and for all. On Tuesday, they opened up a pocket watch that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln and discovered a hidden message long rumored to be inside.

Curators at the National Museum of American History have settled a 148-year-old mystery once and for all. On Tuesday, they opened up a pocket watch that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln and discovered a hidden message long rumored to be inside.

A step back in time…Despite the slumping economy, this weekend, the Battle of Aiken attendance was at a record high. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

Times are tough, now, but image if you were in Aiken in 1865, it was war. But, you can visit those Civil War times this weekend at 15th annual Battle of Aiken, where you can get a bang out of history…that’s out there somewhere, with WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola.