Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell

A comprehensive account of this bitterly fought yet unjustly forgotten early conflict of the Civil War. The small, curiously named village of Secessionville, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina was the site of an early war skirmish, the consequences of which might have been enormous had the outcome been different. But the Confederate victory was quickly overshadowed by the Seven Days battles, fought shortly afterward and far to the north. The Battle of Secessionville was as bloody and har