Civil War
Confederate Headquarters
During February 17-19, 1865, General P. G. T. Beauregard, with Wade Hampton's cavalry acting as rear guard, made his headquarters here, telegraphing General R.E. Lee in Virginia news of the evacuation of Columbia, 20 miles south, before retiring to Winnsboro. Following and destroying the railroad, Union troops arrived February 21.
20-01Fairfield County
Where it stands. At the Century House, S.C. Hwy. 34, one block W of Main St., Ridgeway