Tweeting the Civil War

This is pretty cool if you're on Twitter (and who isn't, these days?); The Washington Post is tweeting the events leading up to the secession of South Carolina:

The Washington Post is tweeting the events leading to the secession of South Carolina 150 years ago, in the words of the people who lived it -- from journals, letters, official records and newspapers of the day, particularly The Washington Evening Star. Follow us.

There are four "accounts":  Abraham Lincoln, Governor Pickens, Letters, and Press Reports that you follow.  Pretty cool.