South Carolina Mystery Included in New PBS Series "History Detectives" Columbia, SC...The new PBS series, History Detectives, premieres on SCETV Monday July 14, at 8 p.m. The 10-part series explores the truth behind national historic sites, artifacts and tall tales. During premiere week, the show will air Monday through Thursday, July 14-17, at 8 p.m. It will continue thereafter on Monday nights at 8 p.m. During the series, detectives travel across the United States uncovering the answers to such mysteries as, "Are the bullets tucked away in a trunk in a Wisconsin home responsible for the demise of Bonnie and Clyde?" "Was the guest book found in a New Jersey fire station actually signed by Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1876?" Bringing the detectives to South Carolina is the question, "Is the original copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's farewell address, 'General Order #9,' the one located on Beech Island, SC?" The History Detectives episode involving Lee's Last Orders will air on Monday, July 21, at 8 p.m. The Beech Island Agricultural Club, a social organization formed by local plantation owners in the 1840s, has owned this document for almost 120 years. Milledge Murray, the group's membership chair and descendant of one of the club's founders, has what is believed to be a signed copy of "General Order #9," composed at Appomattox, Virginia, upon the surrender of Lee's troops in April, 1865. Will the detectives agree that this document is the real deal or will it remain an unsolved mystery? The fact-finding "History Detectives" are Wesley Cowan, independent appraiser and auctioneer; Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture, Columbia University; Elyse Luray, an independent appraiser and expert in art history; and Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Each week, they track down the best in the fields of forensics, historical research, architecture and archaeology, taking old-fashioned sleuthing to a whole new realm. Featuring three modern-day conundrums per hour, viewers will take a roller coaster ride through history as the investigators combine hard evidence with intuition in the search for truth about the historical records of the homes, towns and personal possessions of everyday Americans. http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/index.html