Question: when did south carolina come back to the union
Answer: Capital Columbia Largest City Charleston Admission to confederacy April 3 , 1861 ( 6th ) Population 703,708 total 301,302 free 402,406 slave Forces supplied 23 % of white population total 12,992 killed Major garrisons / armories Fort Sumter , Charleston Harbor Governor Francis Pickens ( 1860 -- 1862 ) Milledge Bonham Andrew Magrath Senators Robert Woodward Barnwell James Lawrence Orr Representatives List Restored to the Union July 9 , 1868