We’ll start the year with a basic overview of military concepts to help you get the most out of history lessons involving leaders and military forces – and yes, we’ll give you a template for just how to study, any battle you choose to emphasize. Enriching for any time period!

Join Joe as he takes you on a tour throughout the museum to examine the many flags on display. An introduction to military flags and the history and customs surrounding them, including a special artifact close-up session with a historic flag and a gallery activity.

Thirty-three years after General Sherman's path of destruction through the state of South Carolina, our state's men were off to war again - this time, following the Stars and Stripes. Learn more about our state's contribution to the "Splendid Little War" and how a new generation of South Carolinians ended up serving under a different General Lee! Illustrated with original images and artifacts from the Relic Room collection.

Benjamin Hammett Teague of Aiken, South Carolina, was a boy soldier in the Confederate Army and a guardian of history for the rest of his long and distinguished life. His personal collection became an important part of the Relic Room’s displays when it was founded, and his activities as a prominent leader of the United Confederate Veterans also helped shape the memories of the war. Spend some time us as we related stories of this boy soldier, dentist and historian!

Simon Baruch and Benjamin W. Taylor were both South Carolinian physicians whose careers included Civil War medical service. We’ll consider both of their stories, including anecdotes from military service and their medical careers after the war.

They called him the "Prince of Edisto." Honor graduate of his class at The Citadel, a rising star in society and in the Army, Micah Jenkins' life was cut short by a Confederate bullet at The Wilderness in 1864. Learn about the life and times of this Brigadier General, and the leadership legacy he left.

During the final autumn of World War One, South Carolina’s 118th Regiment played a critical role, and paid a heavy price while making its contribution to Allied victory. An incredible total of six soldiers from this regiment, were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism in this campaign. Spend some time with their stories.

Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, one of our delegates to the Constitutional Convention, had strong opinions on how the new nation’s military should be constituted. His experiences during the Siege of Savannah probably had a lot to do with that. This history talk will compare citizen-soldiers, “regulars” and mercenaries, in the siege of Savannah and in the thinking of our Founding fathers.

We're a place to preserve history - and we have a history of our own. We'll discuss the nineteenth-century founding and some stories from the history of South Carolina's oldest military museum.