Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Georgian is a Professor of History and chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy at USCA, where she teaches a variety of courses, including women’s history. In her spare time, she enjoys camping, kayaking, and hiking with her husband and rescued greyhounds. Description: “A Smoldering Fire” is about the causes and catalysts of the Civil War. A number of issues ignited the Civil War: states' rights, the role of the federal government, the preservation of the Union, the economy, but all were inextricably bound to the institution of slavery. Session 1: Part one begins in 1619 with the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia and ends with the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. Session 2: The Battle of Port Royal Sound begins where “A Smoldering Fire” ends, the election of President Abraham Lincoln. It covers the secession of SC from the Union, the first shots fired at Fort Sumter, and ends with the first naval battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Port Royal Sound on November 7, 1861. Hilton Head Island and Beaufort, SC, fall to the Union and remain in Union hands for the remainder of the war.