Carolina Snaps
The History Behind the University of SC’s Horseshoe
Season 4 Episode 7 | 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The History Behind the University of SC’s Horseshoe.
The University of South Carolina, founded in 1801, is not just a campus but also a historic Civil War site.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
The History Behind the University of SC’s Horseshoe
Season 4 Episode 7 | 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The University of South Carolina, founded in 1801, is not just a campus but also a historic Civil War site.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipDid you know that the University of South Carolina is not only a campus, but also was a Civil War site Founded in 1801 The University of South Carolina is one of the oldest campuses in the state of South Carolina.
USC's history started with Rutledge Chapel, which was the first and at one point the only building on the Historic Horseshoe.
The Longstreet Theatre, located adjacent to the Horseshoe on College Street, was used as a morgue and a hospital during the Civil War.
Prior to becoming a theater it is today, it also was a gymnasium, a science hall, and used as an arsenal and armory.
Additionally, the wall that splits the quad from Sumter Street originally stood six feet nine inches high.
The wall stopped the fire in the burning of Columbia during the Civil War in 1865, keeping the flames from ruining college grounds.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.