We know that the North and South remember the Civil War differently. But there aren’t just two versions of the war: there’s practically a different version for every person doing the remembering. Studio 360’s Kerrie Hillman traveled to where the shooting started – Charleston, South Carolina – to see how history lives on for people there.
Slideshow: Charleston and the Civil War
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