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From 1858 to 1860, Francis Wilkinson Pickens served as U.S. Minister to Russia. As Governor, his order to fire on a Union ship in Charleston Harbor led to the start of the War Between the States. He lived at Edgewood, one of Edgefield's greatest homes, and he is buried in Willowbrook Cemetery in Edgefield.
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Edgefield, South Carolina · United States
