Civil War
Skirmish at Spring Hill
Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 Federal troops left Georgetown on April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden. On April 16 after a skirmish with militia under Col. James F. Pressley he camped at Spring Hill nearby. The McKinley Barfield home which stood on this site bore scars of the skirmishing on its walls.
31-04Lee County
Where it stands. Spring Hill Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 31-7), 6.4 mi. W of Manville at Spring Hill, Spring Hill