The Civil War
Battles, raids, regiments, hospitals, prisons and the people of the war, 1861-1865. 173 places on the trail.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 40-50Broad RiverEarly boundary between Cherokee and Catawba Indians. Name first applied about 1745. Faust's Ford, 2 mi. above, used in R...
- 08-71Eighteen Mile House TavernFrom the 18th century, the State Road from Charleston and the Road to Dorchester met near here. These paths connected Ch...
- 07-18Fish Hall PlantationThis plantation was part of a 1717 Proprietary landgrant of 500 acres to Col. John Barnwell. Later owners included membe...
- 07-47Gardens CornerGardens Corner was a junction of two significant roads long before the American Revolution. The King’s Highway (now U.S....
- 43-34Oakland PlantationThis plantation was established in 1735 with a royal grant to William Sanders, who built a house and tavern, or “publick...
- 07-22St. Helena's ChurchThis Episcopal Parish was established by Act of the Assembly June 7, 1712. The first known rector, William Guy, conducte...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 07-58Baptist Church of BeaufortThe Baptist Church of Beaufort descends from Euhaw Baptist Church on Edisto Island. In 1794 the first meeting house was ...
- 07-10Beaufort ArsenalErected in 1798 and rebuilt in 1852, the Beaufort Arsenal was the home of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, commissioned...
- 40-25Birthplace of General Maxcy GreggMaxcy Gregg, Confederate general and leader in Southern rights movement, was born Aug. 1, 1815 in a house on this site. ...
- 05-08Buford's BridgeBuford’s Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William B...
- 40-17First Baptist ChurchCongregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troo...
- 40-120Spring HillThis community, named by 1791 for the springs at the foot of the Stone Hill, included Eleazer's Tavern, a post office, s...
- 40-122The State HouseColumbia was founded in 1786, replacing Charleston as the state capital. The first State House here, built in 1789, was ...
- 08-52The Village of PinevillePineville, established in 1793-94, was one of the first planters’ retreats in the South. James Sinkler built the first s...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 06-17Ashley-Willis HouseThis Greek Revival house was built between 1833 and 1850 and features a wide gable-front form unusual for the period. Jo...
- 33-06BadwellThree miles west is the site of "Badwell," home of James Louis Petigru (1789-1863), leader of opposition to secession in...
- 04-10Barnard Elliott BeeBorn Charleston, S.C. 1824. Graduated West Point 1845. Brigadier General, C.S.A., 1861. Commanded 3rd Brigade, Army of t...
- 07-62Beaufort CollegeBeaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861....
- 35-01BennettsvilleIn 1819 the court house of Marlborough District was transferred from Carlisle, a village on the Pee Dee River, to this m...
- 07-51BlufftonOriginally known as May River, and later as Kirk’s Bluff, Bluffton was settled as a resort town where planters could esc...
- 06-08Boiling Springs AcademyBoiling Springs Academy was founded by the Boiling Springs Academical Society in 1823, with trustees Hansford Duncan, Jo...
- 20-14Cathcart-Ketchin HouseRichard Cathcart purchased this lot from John McMaster in 1829, and it is thought he built the present federal-style hou...
- 19-20DarbyThis Greek Revival house was built for Nathan L. Griffin (1803-1853), lawyer, planter, and member of the S.C. House 1838...
- 40-32Early Summer ResortsLightwood Knot Springs, situated about two miles north, a popular summer resort during the first half of the nineteenth ...
- 35-09General John McQueenThis U.S. congressman was born on February 9, 1804, at Queensdale, N.C. After being admitted to the bar in 1828, he esta...
- 40-99Gladden Home SiteStates-rights advocate Adley Hogan Gladden, who lived here before the Civil War, served Columbia as postmaster 1841-45 a...
- 35-23Jennings-Brown HouseIn 1826 Dr. Edward W. Jones bought a lot at S. Marlboro and present E. Main and built this house thereon shortly after. ...
- 32-02Lexington CourthousesOn this site or close by have stood five courthouses of Lexington District or County. In 1820 Barbara Corley deeded land...
- 07-30Maxcy-Rhett HouseThis house was built circa 1810 for Milton Maxcy (1782-1817), who came here from Massachusetts in 1804. Maxcy and his br...
- 40-206McCord HouseThis Greek Revival house was built in 1849 for David and Louisa McCord by slaves from her plantation, Lang Syne, in Fort...
- 04-14Old Hopewell CemeteryLocated 1.09 miles northwest, this cemetery marks the original site of Hopewell Baptist Church which was constituted in ...
- 19-01Old Law BuildingSite of law offices of/ELDRED SIMKINS/Congressman, Lt.-Governor./GEORGE McDUFFIE/ Congressman, Governor,/U.S. Senator./F...
- 36-15PeakThis town, founded in 1853 as Peak's Station on the Greenville & Columbia Railroad, was named for railroad superintenden...
- 31-07Rev. Thomas Reese EnglishOne mile east stood the home of T.R. English, Presbyterian minister, statesman, delegate to the Secession Convention. Af...
- 20-22Saint John's Epsicopal ChurchOrganized in 1839 and named for St. John's, Berkeley Parish, this was the third Episcopal church established north of Co...
- 32-03Saluda FactoryOne mile east on the Saluda River stood a 4-story granite building erected by the Saluda Manufacturing Company, incorpor...
- 05-05St. John's Baptist ChurchThis church, established 1829 30, was first named Three Mile Creek Church and held early services in a brush arbor 4 mi....
- 20-24The OaksThis early Greek Revival house, built about 1835, is notable for its central double-tiered pedimented portico and double...
- 29-30Thomas L. Clyburn HouseThomas Lorenzo Clyburn (1809-1869), prominent planter of Lancaster District and the first postmaster of Butler, 1853-56,...
- 28-16Tiller's FerryIn 1760 Joseph Tiller received a grant for 100 acres on Lynches River, including this crossroads. James Tiller operated ...
- 28-14Warrenton Muster GroundThe Warrenton Muster Ground, originally known as Gardner's Old Field, was a nineteenth and early-twentieth century meeti...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 40-04"Chesnut Cottage"Temporary wartime home of Gen. and Mrs. James Chesnut. Here they entertained Jefferson Davis, president, C. S. A., and h...
- 07-06"Robber's Row"After the occupation of Hilton Head in 1861, a civilian town grew up to serve the needs of the large Union base and its ...
- 16-51"Yankee Hill"In the summer of 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, Federal troops began their occupation of many cities and tow...
- 01-04Abbeville's Confederate ColonelsAUGUSTUS J. LYTHGOE, 19 S.C. Inf./Killed Murfreesboro, 1862/J. FOSTER MARSHALL, Orr's Rifles/Killed Second Manassas, 186...
- 16-12Attempted AmbushOn March 5, 1865, near the point where the Ebenezer Road crossed the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, the 29th Missouri M...
- 03-12Barker's MillBarker’s Mill, which stood here on Jackson Branch, was a grist mill owned by William Ransome Barker (1816-1869), a plant...
- 10-59Battery ChevesThis four-gun Confederate artillery battery was one of several earthworks built on the southeastern shore of James Islan...
- 10-51Battery HaigThis Confederate earthwork, named for the owner on whose plantation it was built, was constructed in 1863. It and other ...
- 10-58Battery HaskellThis two-gun Confederate artillery battery and magazine is all that remains of Battery Haskell, a large fortification bu...
- 10-56Battery Number 5This was one of several Confederate earthworks constructed on the southwest portion of James Island in the summer of 186...
- 07-28Battery SaxtonBattery Saxton, constructed here in 1862, was in the second line of earthworks built by Federal troops occupying Beaufor...
- 43-30Battle of Beech CreekIn April 1865 Confederates formed a defensive line along the high ground above Beech Creek to oppose Brig. Gen. Edward P...
- 28-06Battle of Boykin's MillGen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 white and negro Union troops left Georgetown April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroa...
- 32-30Battle of Congaree CreekOn February 15, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federal army advanced to Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard's Army of the Tennessee...
- 43-10Battle of Dingle's MillHere on Apr. 9, 1865, the day of Gen. Lee's surrender, was fought one of the last battles of the War between the States....
- 27-02Battle of Honey HillDuring this battle of Nov. 30, 1864, Confederate commander Charles J. Colcock, by ordering that a nearby field of grass ...
- 31-06Battle of Mount ElonThree miles south of Mount Elon on the night of Feb. 27, 1865, a mounted Union detachment led by Captain William Duncan ...
- 27-22Battle of PocotaligoThe Battle of Pocotaligo, the largest action of a three-day expedition intended to disrupt the Charleston & Savannah Rai...
- 07-07Battle of Port RoyalA decisive battle in the Civil War took place here on Nov. 7, 1861, when 18 Union warships with about 55 supporting craf...
- 05-09Battle of Rivers BridgeOn February 2-3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman’s Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of Gen. F.P. Blair’s XVII Corps a...
- 05-01Battle of Rivers' BridgeHere on February 3, 1865, the 17th U.S. Army Corps led by Major General Joseph A. Mower and Lieut. Gen. Giles A. Smith a...
- 43-36Battle of StateburgIn April 1865 2,700 Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter left Georgetown in a raid against the railro...
- 27-29Battle of TulifinnyOn Dec. 6-9, 1864, in the waning months of the Civil War, around 1,000 Confederate soldiers defended the nearby Charlest...
- 06-05Blackville: Town of the PhoenixBlackville was founded in 1833 as the first overnight stop on the new railroad operated by the S.C. Canal & Railroad Co....
- 46-11Bratton House SiteRobert Clendinen, Yorkville lawyer and South Carolina senator from York District (1816-30), purchased this land in 1813....
- 40-188Burning of ColumbiaDue to Columbia’s strategic value, capture of the city was an objective of the Union Army during the Carolinas Campaign ...
- 01-07Burt-Stark HouseWhen Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, left Richmond after its fall in April 1865, he traveled south, tryin...
- 10-27CS H. L. HunleyThe CS H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, left from a point near here on the evening of February...
- 36-13Calvin Crozier Murder SiteCol. Charles Trowbridge of the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops ordered the execution of Calvin Crozier, former private 3rd KY C...
- 02-48Camp ButlerThis is the site of Camp Butler, a Confederate “camp of instruction” that operated from the spring to the fall of 1861, ...
- 40-116Camp JohnsonThis Confederate camp of instruction was once located about 1 mi. NW at Lightwood Knot Springs, site of a popular resort...
- 10-64Camp of Wild's "African Brigade," 1863-1864Folly Island was occupied by Union troops April 1863-February 1865. Gen. Edward A. Wild’s “African Brigade” camped nearb...
- 04-29Clement Hoffman StevensConfederate Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens (1821-1864) is buried nearby in the Bee family plot. Born in Connecticut, Stev...
- 07-39Combahee River RaidOn June 1-2, 1863, a Federal force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African-American unit) ...
- 20-01Confederate HeadquartersDuring February 17-19, 1865, General P. G. T. Beauregard, with Wade Hampton's cavalry acting as rear guard, made his hea...
- 10-39Confederate LinesThe earthworks nearby are remains of the 1861 fortifications built to defend Mount Pleasant. They extended east 2.5 mile...
- 34-02Confederate Navy YardConfederacy established a navy yard ¼ mile NW about 1863 on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River. Here, under the comman...
- 40-124Confederate Printing PlantFrom April 1864 to February 1865 Confederate bonds and currency were printed and processed in this building, constructed...
- 04-08Confederate SkirmishOn May 1, 1865, cadets from the Arsenal Academy at Columbia, under Capt. John Peyre Thomas, who were enroute from Greenv...
- 32-40Congaree Creek EarthworksThese earthworks were constructed in early 1865 and were the site of brisk fighting between the Union XV Corps and Confe...
- 38-05Defense of Edisto BridgeOccupying Rifle Pits and manning a small battery in defense of the Edisto River Bridge, at this point less than six hund...
- 15-23Destruction of the BostonOn May 23-24, 1864, Union forces attempted an amphibious operation to destroy a railroad trestle across the Ashepoo Rive...
- 07-24Emancipation DayOn New Year's Day 1863 this plantation owned by John Joyner Smith was the scene of elaborate ceremonies celebrating the ...
- 27-08Fighting Near CoosawhatchieOn October 22, 1862, in running encounters near Coosawhatchie, Frampton's Plantation, and Pocotaligo, Confederate troops...
- 07-40First African Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1865, grew out of an antebellum praise house for black members of the Baptist Church of Beaufort...
- 10-99First Memorial DayHampton Park was once home to the Washington Race Course and Jockey Club. In 1864 this site became an outdoor prison for...
- 07-34Fort HowellThis Civil War fort, named for Gen. Joshua Blackwood Howell (1806-1864), was built by the U.S. Army to defend Hilton Hea...
- 07-72Fort HowellThis Civil War fort was built from August to November 1864 by the 32nd U.S. Colored Infantry and the 144th N.Y. Infantry...
- 07-54Fort MitchelFort Mitchel was built by the U.S. Army in 1862. It was an earthen fortification of lunette design, open at the rear wit...
- 10-62Fort PembertonFort Pemberton, a large five-sided Confederate earthwork on the James Island side of the Stono River, was built in the s...
- 26-04Fort RandallLocated about 5 miles E. of here, this Confederate fort included a blockhouse pierced for musketry and earthworks surrou...
- 07-08Fort ShermanCompleted in 1862, this large earth fort was designed to defend the great Union blockade base on Hilton Head against Con...
- 07-09Fort WalkerHastily built in 1861 to protect the S.C. coast against Union attack, Fort Walker, commanded by Col. William C. Heyward,...
- 22-23General Arthur M. ManigaultVolunteer aide-de-camp to Gen. Beauregard in April 1861, mustered into Confederate service at White's Bridge near here o...
- 40-12Governor's MansionArsenal Academy, converted from a state arsenal, occupied this square from 1842 to 1865 when Union troops burned all the...
- 15-16HendersonvilleSettled by 1791 and known as Godfrey Savanna, this area later was the summer home for a colony of Combahee River rice pl...
- 16-43Henry "Dad" BrownHenry "Dad" Brown (1830-1907), a black veteran of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars, is buried 75' N with hi...
- 25-10Hermitage PlantationThis plantation was owned by large land owner Geo. Rhodes (1802-1881) who signed Ordinance of Secession in 1860. Traditi...
- 10-69Institute HallInstitute Hall, built here in 1854, stood until 1861. An Italianate building, it was designed by Jones and Lee for the S...
- 16-08Jacob Kelley HouseThis house, home of Jacob Kelley (1780-1874), was used as a Union headquarters on March 2-3, 1865 by Major-General John ...
- 16-27James Lide CokerJames L. Coker (1837-1918) came here from Society Hill ca. 1858 as a planter. While serving in the Civil War as a captai...
- 16-39Japonica HallThis house, built in 1896-97 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by noted S.C. architect Charles Coker Wilson, was the ...
- 30-01Jefferson Davis' FlightJefferson Davis/President of the Confederacy/on his flight from Richmond, Va./with his Cabinet and other/high ranking of...
- 46-05Jefferson Davis's FlightHaving crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road f...
- 46-04Jefferson Davis's Flight South, April 26-27, 1865Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, making their way south from Richmond, Va. with a cavalry escort, ...
- 20-15John Hugh MeansGovernor of S.C. (1850-1852), president of the 1852 Secession Convention, and signer of the Ordinance of Secession in 18...
- 38-13Judge Glover's HomeThis house, used as headquarters by General William T. Sherman on February 12, 1865, was built in 1846 by Thomas Worth G...
- 16-52Julius A. Dargan HouseThis house was built in 1856 for Julius A. Dargan (1815-1861). Built on land acquired from Jesse H. Lide in 1839, the ho...
- 19-11Lt. General James Longstreet (1821-1904)Born 1 mi. E. Cmdr. 1st Corps, Army of Northern VA Confederate States Army; Lee's "Old Warhorse"; West Point graduate; M...
- 41-05Lucinda HornAt Chestnut Hill Baptist Church is the grave of Lucinda Horn, Confederate War heroine, wife of Cornelius Horn and mother...
- 35-25MagnoliaConstructed in 1853, this house was the home of William D. Johnson, a Bennettsville attorney and one of three Marlboro C...
- 43-25Military PostAfter the Civil War ended in 1865, a Federal military occupation garrison was located for sometime in this area of Sumte...
- 07-23Mitchelville SiteIn 1862, after Hilton Head's fall to Union forces in 1861, this town, planned for the area's former slaves and named for...
- 21-01Moses S. HaynsworthBorn in Darlington District in 1845, this Confederate War veteran witnessed the firing attack on the Union steamer "Star...
- 25-08Old Pocotaligo Road, March from the SeaThis was a major road in the northern part of old Beaufort District for many years, appearing in Mills' Atlas of 1825. G...
- 23-07Ordinance of SecessionDedicated in reverence and admiration for their courage and integrity to the five signers of the Ordinance of Secession ...
- 07-15Penn SchoolAfter Union occupation of the sea islands in 1861, two northerners, Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, came to help the freed...
- 43-32Potter's HeadquartersFederal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter, on a raid through this area in the last days of the Civil War, ...
- 10-61Redoubt Number 3Redoubt Number 3, built here in 1861-62, was one of six identical Confederate earthworks built across the center of Jame...
- 10-34RiversvilleRiversville, an antebellum village of fourteen acres, with seven lots on Savannah (later Secessionville) Creek, was esta...
- 27-01RobertvilleNamed for descendents of Huguenot minister Pierre Robert, it was the birthplace of Henry Martyn Robert, author of Robert...
- 04-28Sandy Springs Camp GroundThis Methodist camp ground, named for the large spring nearby, dates to 1828, when a fifteen-acre site was purchased fro...
- 01-14Secession HillOn November 22, 1860, a mass meeting on this site was one of the first held in the South after Abraham Lincoln’s electio...
- 32-05Shelling of ColumbiaPrior to the capture of Columbia by Gen. William T. Sherman, Federal artillery shelled the city on February 16, 1865, fr...
- 40-49Sherman's HeadquartersDuring the Federal occupation of Columbia February 17-19, 1865 commanding General William T. Sherman had his headquarter...
- 46-09Sims Home SiteNear this spot stood the Rock Hill residence of Robert Moorman Sims, captain, C.S.A., who on April 9, 1865, carried the ...
- 22-58Sinking of the USS Harvest MoonIn early 1865 the USS Harvest Moon, a 193-foot, 5-gun side-wheel steamer, was the flagship of Adm. John A. Dahlgren of t...
- 40-18Site of Gibbes HouseOn this corner stood the home of Dr. Robert W. Gibbes (1809-66) distinguished physician, scientist, historian, editor, a...
- 40-13Site of Palmetto Iron WorksOn the SW corner of this square was located the Palmetto Armory, later called Palmetto Iron Works, originally built for ...
- 40-35Site of Wayside HospitalEstablished March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by ...
- 43-33Skirmish At Dinkin's MillFollowing the battle of Boykin’s Mill on April 18, 1865, Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter advance...
- 10-138Skirmish at Grimball's PlantationOn June 10, 1862 a Civil War skirmish occurred near this site. Union forces had recently set up camp at Thomas Grimball’...
- 40-127Skirmish at Killian's MillOn February 18, 1865, the day after Federals under Gen. W.T. Sherman occupied Columbia, Gen. Frank Blair ordered units o...
- 32-27Skirmish at Red Bank CreekOn February 15, 1865 Gen. Henry W. Slocum's Army of Georgia, the left wing of the Federal advance toward Columbia, march...
- 31-04Skirmish at Spring HillGen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 Federal troops left Georgetown on April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between S...
- 40-131State Dispensary WarehouseThis building, built in 1863-64 and burned by Federal troops in 1865, was rebuilt in 1872 as a cotton batting factory an...
- 40-10State FairgroundsThis square is part of the tract where state fairs were held 1856-61, 1869-1903. The buildings, used 1861-65 for Confede...
- 11-10Steen Family CemeteryThe family cemetery of Lt. Col. James Steen (d. 1781), S.C. militia officer during the American Revolution, is on his pl...
- 25-22Steep Bottom Baptist ChurchSteep Bottom Baptist Church was constituted in 1814 through the efforts of Rev. Hezekiah A. Boyd and Rev. James Sweat. S...
- 45-12Stephen A. Swails HouseStephen Atkins Swails (1832-1900), U.S. Army officer and state senator, lived in a house on this site 1868-79. Swails, a...
- 08-01Stony Landing PlantationHere in 1863, the Confederate semi-submersible torpedo boat, Little David, first of its type, was constructed. It was de...
- 07-14Tabernacle Baptist ChurchTabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area due to F...
- 07-43The Burning of BlufftonBluffton, an antebellum planters’ summer village, was virtually abandoned by its seasonal and year-round inhabitants whe...
- 27-19The Frampton LinesRemnants of a large earthwork originally more than 100 yards long are still visible south, west, and northwest of the Fr...
- 10-76The Seizure of the PlanterEarly on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved harbor pilot aboard the Planter, seized the 149-ft. Confederate transp...
- 01-10Thomas Chiles Perrin HouseThe Greek Revival residence of Thomas Chiles Perrin (1805 1878), prominent Abbeville District lawyer, planter, businessm...
- 23-35Toney's StoreWilliam Toney, prominent in business and civic affairs in early Greenville and Greenville County, ran a store here 1816-...
- 07-74Union Army EncampmentIn Jan. 1862, U.S. troops established an encampment on the south side of Boundary St. during their Civil War-era occupat...
- 13-02W.D. Craig HouseOne of Chesterfield's earliest houses, the Wm. Duke Craig House, c.1820, stood here before it was moved in 1975. Craig (...
- 28-12West's CrossroadsThis crossroads, long owned by the West family, is the junction of the Georgetown and Porter Bridge Roads, both of which...
- 16-48Wilds-Edwards HouseThis Italianate house, designed by J.L. Clickner, was built 1856-57 for planter Samuel H. Wilds (1819-1867). According t...
- 21-08William W. HarlleePresident of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a gene...
- 16-19Wilson CrossroadsAt this point the Camden-Mars Bluff road intersected the road to Darlington on property granted to the Reverend John Wil...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 40-02Site of Parade GroundDuring Federal military occupation of South Carolina 1865-1877, this square was part of the parade ground used by United...
- 16-58Society Hill DepotThis depot, built shortly after the Civil War, features a distinctive architectural design favored by the Cheraw & Darli...
- 13-12Thomas E. Lucas HouseThis two-story house with a central-hall plan was built about 1868 for Dr. Thomas Ephraim Lucas (1836-1920), physician, ...
New South (1877-1913)
- 07-41Grand Army of the Republic HallThis building was built ca. 1896 by the David Hunter Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The G.A.R., founde...
- 43-40Henry J. Maxwell FarmHenry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until...
- 40-23Last Home of Wade HamptonWade Hampton, III, born March 28, 1818, was commander of Hampton Legion, 1861, with rank of Colonel; Lieutenant General,...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- BattleCHARLESTON HARBOR IIn April, Maj. Gen. David Hunter prepared his land forces on Folly, Cole's, and North Edisto Islands to cooperate with a...
- BattleCHARLESTON HARBOR IIDuring the night of September 6-7, Confederate forces evacuated Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg pressured by advancing Fed...
- BattleFORT SUMTER IOn April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina...
- BattleFORT WAGNER IOn July 10, Union artillery on Folly Island together with Rear Adm. John Dahlgren's fleet of ironclads opened fire on Co...
- BattleGRIMBALL'S ISLANDTo divert Confederate reinforcements from a renewed attack on Fort Wagner, Gen. Gillmore designed two feints. An amphibi...
- BattleHONEY HILLLeaving Hilton Head on November 28, a Union expeditionary force under Maj. Gen. John P. Hatch steamed up the Broad River...
- BattleRIVERS' BRIDGEOn February 2, a Confederate force under McLaws held the crossings of the Salkehatchie River against the advance of the ...
- BattleSECESSIONVILLEEarly June 1862, Maj. Gen. David Hunter transported Horatio G. Wright's and Isaac I. Stevens's Union divisions under imm...
- BattleSIMMON'S BLUFFIn June, the Federals besieging Charleston mounted an amphibious expedition to cut the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. O...
- 07-63TidalholmThis house was commissioned by Edgar Fripp (1806-1860) and completed c.1853. Based upon architect Samuel Sloan’s designs...