When Philip McLaurin was born about 1864, in Clio, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States, his father, Lauchlin Bethea McLaurin, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Gilchrist, was 33. He lived in Hebron, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States in 1870. He died after 1864, in Clio, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
Scottish: variant of McLaren .
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