Seeing America

But this bridge — said to be the oldest bridge in The Palmetto State still in existence — once sat along the vital Saluda Mountain Road running from Charleston to Columbia and into North Carolina. One of three bridges built along Saluda Mountain Road, it is the only one still standing.

The parent company of regional airlines that fly on behalf of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and other carriers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Since the end of the Civil War, the raid was memorialized in film and books, but the best way to learn about the events of April 12, 1862, is by following the tracks of the raiders themselves.