Forts and the armed forces
Forts, camps and bases, and South Carolinians in the wars from 1812 to Vietnam. 233 places on the trail.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 08-00Barnet's TavernNear this spot stood Barnet’s Tavern, called the Forty-Five Mile House, indicating its distance from Charleston. Here wa...
- 32-01Congaree FortIn 1718, at a site 2.7 miles east, near the place where the Cherokee Path crossed Congaree Creek, the first frontier out...
- 33-08Fort BooneDriven from the area at the start of the Cherokee War, settlers from Long Canes returned in the fall of 1760 and, under ...
- 39-17Fort Prince GeorgeFort Prince George, covered by Lake Keowee since 1968, was built nearby in 1753, near the unofficial boundary between Ch...
- 08-80Martin's TavernNear here stood Martin’s Tavern, also known as the Forty-Five Mile House for its distance from Charleston. On Sept. 11, ...
- 46-06Nation FordTwo miles downstream, prehistoric crossing of Catawba Indians, site of legendary battle between Catawbas and Cherokees. ...
- 43-34Oakland PlantationThis plantation was established in 1735 with a royal grant to William Sanders, who built a house and tavern, or “publick...
- 45-04Old Muster Ground and CourthouseThis lot was designated the parade ground in the original survey of the town in 1737. It served as the muster ground for...
- 44-01Otterson's FortOne mile east of this point, built by the pioneers of Union County, was one of several stockades used as refuges during ...
- 07-56Parris IslandEuropean occupation of Parris Island dates to the French Charlesfort, 1562-1563. The Spanish built Santa Elena 1566-1587...
- 02-09Savannah TownForerunner of modern towns and highways and known to the English as early as 1685, this Indian town stood at a major nor...
- 26-13SocasteeSocastee is a Native American name referred to as “Sawkastee” in a 1711 land grant to Percival Pawley. A skirmish betwee...
- 10-48The Stono RebellionThe Stono Rebellion, the largest slave insurrection in British North America, began nearby on September 9, 1739. About 2...
- 08-61The Yamasee War at Goose Creek, 1715In April 1715 Yamasee warriors killed government agents and traders who had come to meet with them at Pocotaligo, in pre...
- 32-16Zion Lutheran ChurchThis congregation, the oldest continuing church in Lexington County, originated with pioneers who settled in this area i...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 01-13Action at Pratt's MillThe last action of the Revolution in this part of S.C. was at Pratt’s Mill, a grist mill on the Little River owned by Jo...
- 12-06Alexander's Old FieldsThe skirmish which took place here at Alexander's Old Fields, now Beckhamville, on June 6, 1780, was the first victory f...
- 01-28Ambush at McCord's CreekOn Dec. 7, 1781, British Loyalists under command of Capt. John Crawford ambushed a Patriot wagon train near this site. T...
- 41-14Ambush at Mine CreekOn November 3, 1775, Loyalists ambushed a supply wagon nearby, in a prelude to the first land battle of the Revolution i...
- 22-01Attacks Upon GeorgetownOn January 24, 1781, Capts. Carnes and Rudulph, by orders from Gen. Marion and Col. Lee, surprised the British garrison ...
- 18-19Bacon's BridgeAn early bridge over the Ashley River near this site, built ca. 1696-1700, was first owned by John Stevens. Stevens sold...
- 44-07Battle of Blackstock'sThis battle of the Revolution took place on William Blackstock's plantation, 3 miles N. on the south side of the Tyger R...
- 34-01Battle of Blue SavannahOn Sept. 3, 1780, Lt. Col. Francis Marion led his men to Port’s Ferry, south of here, where they crossed the Pee Dee Riv...
- 28-01Battle of CamdenNear here on August 16, 1780, an American army under General Gates was defeated by British forces commanded by Lord Corn...
- 32-04Battle of Cloud's CreekOn November 17, 1781, in a house near Cloud's Creek one mile east Captain Sterling Turner's Patriot militia were surroun...
- 32-59Battle of Cloud's CreekOn Nov. 17, 1781, a Revolutionary War battle took place ½ mi. E near a tributary of Cloud’s Creek known as Lick Creek. T...
- 27-28Battle of Coosawhatchie (1779)Near here is the site of a 1779 American Revolutionary War battle. On Apr. 30, 1,200 Patriot soldiers under Gen. William...
- 10-93Battle of Dills BluffThe Battle of Dills Bluff, the last engagement in S.C. during the American Revolution, took place on Nov. 14, 1782. Cont...
- 42-23Battle of Earle's FordAfter British forces took Charleston in May 1780, they set up outposts in the backcountry and attempted to control the s...
- 38-55Battle of Eutaw SpringsOne of S.C.’s most significant Revolutionary War battles took place here on Sept. 8, 1781. British and Loyalist troops l...
- 12-02Battle of Fishdam FordOn the east side of Broad River by an old Indian fish dam, General Thomas Sumter's camp was attacked before dawn on Nove...
- 12-03Battle of Fishing CreekAt this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defea...
- 10-46Battle of Fort SullivanOn June 28, 1776, a British and Loyalist force seeking to capture Charleston advanced to Sullivan's Island with 9 ships ...
- 23-03Battle of Great Cane BrakeHere along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Brake between ...
- 29-01Battle of Hanging RockAbout 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded m...
- 28-02Battle of Hobkirk HillBattle of Hobkirk Hill in the Revolutionary War took place on this ridge April 25, 1781. The British Army was commanded ...
- 35-14Battle of Hunt's BluffOn July 25, 1780, a convoy of British boats en route from Cheraw to Georgetown was captured here by local Patriots. Wood...
- 45-03Battle of KingstreeSomewhere northwest of Kingstree on the night of Aug. 27, 1780, while scouting for Gen. Marion, a South Carolina militia...
- 08-07Battle of Lenud's FerryHere, on May 6, 1780, Col. A. M. White was routed by Tarleton with the loss of 2 officers and 36 men killed and wounded ...
- 33-07Battle of Long CaneAbout four miles southeast is the site of the American Revolutionary Battle of Long Cane. On December 12, 1780, Lieutena...
- 45-02Battle of Lower BridgeGen. Francis Marion and his men defeated the British at this place in March 1781. Advancing from the west and finding th...
- 20-10Battle of Mobley's Meeting HouseOn May 26, 1780, one of the first victories for the Patriots after the fall of Charleston took place 1 ½ miles east on L...
- 15-12Battle of Parker's FerrySent to intercept a raid by 540 Hessians, British, and Tories, General Francis Marion with a force of 400 men, on August...
- 07-05Battle of Port Royal IslandBattle of Port Royal Island. Near the old halfway house in the vicinity of Grays Hill, on February 3, 1779, a force of S...
- 31-02Battle of Ratcliff's BridgeOn March 6, 1781 General Thomas Sumter with a force of 250 men was attacked by a British detachment commanded by Major F...
- 46-63Battle of Stallings' PlantationIn 1768 John Stallings purchased 470 acres on Millican’s Branch on Fishing Creek. During the American Revolution, Stalli...
- 29-19Beaver Creek SkirmishAmerican forces under Major William R. Davie had captured a British convoy July 21, 1780, and were retreating with priso...
- 08-12Brabant PlantationResidence of Rt. Rev. Robert Smith, who was born in Norfolk England, 1732. He was consecrated in Philadelphia in 1795 as...
- 10-156British FortificationsOn this site are remnants of a British fortification dating to the American Revolution. After departing in 1775, the Bri...
- 09-24British Outpost at Belleville PlantationWest of the highway is the site of Belleville, a plantation on the banks of the Congaree River owned by William Thomson....
- 29-02Buford's Bloody BattlegroundCol. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town...
- 01-27Bull Town FortEast of here is the site of the colonial-era Bull Town Fort. Likely built in the 1760s, the fort was one of many small B...
- 01-18Colonial Block HouseA “block house,” a log building with a stone foundation, stood SE on Parker Creek from ca. 1767 to the 1850s. It was bui...
- 42-10Early Iron WorksNear here on Lawson's Fork, during the American Revolution, the S.C. government as part of the war effort supported Jose...
- 14-06Encounter at Halfway SwampOn December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Gen. Francis Mario...
- 38-01Eutaw Springs BattlefieldLast major battle in S.C. of the War for American Independence September 8, 1781.
- 08-68Fairlawn PlantationFairlawn Barony, sometimes called “Fair-Lawn,” was granted to Peter Colleton, whose father John had been one of the orig...
- 33-01Fort CharlotteSix and six tenths miles southwest are the ruins of Fort Charlotte, built of local stone, 1765-1767, to protect the Fren...
- 18-03Fort DorchesterA brick powder magazine enclosed by a tabby wall eight feet high was built here in 1757. During the Revolution, Dorchest...
- 32-60Fort GranbyFort Granby, a valuable Backcountry outpost during the American Revolution, was established to the west in 1780. It was ...
- 42-08Fort PrinceLocated nearby, this fort protected early settlers from the Indians and served as camp for a detachment of militia en ro...
- 14-01Fort WatsonThe first post in S. C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road fro...
- 18-07Four Holes Swamp BridgeThe first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located ...
- 32-57Friday's Ferry SkirmishA Revolutionary War skirmish took place at Friday’s Ferry on May 1, 1781. Lt. Col. Henry Hampton’s Patriot Light Dragoon...
- 02-75Galphin's FortGalphin’s Fort was a stockaded colonial-era outpost at nearby Silver Bluff. The fort was built at the home and trading p...
- 28-03General Greene's Headquarters150 yards to the east is where Gen. Nathanael Greene had the headquarters of the American Army during the Battle of Hobk...
- 35-24Greene's EncampentDuring December 1780, Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Southern Army, brought a number of troops to a "c...
- 19-06Horns Creek Baptist ChurchThis church was constituted in 1768 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist faith in this pa...
- 46-28Huck's DefeatOn July 12, 1780, at Williamson's Plantation about one-fifth of a mile east from here, Loyalist forces under Capt. Chris...
- 30-23Kellett's BlockhouseKellett’s Blockhouse or Kellett’s Station was a Revolutionary War-era foritification built on Rabon Creek by Joseph Kell...
- 46-01King's Mountain BattlegroundTwelve miles northwest the battle of King's Mountain was fought October 7, 1780. The 900 Whigs were under Colonels Campb...
- 46-31Lacey's FortCol. Edward Lacey (1742-1813), prominent officer in the American Revolution in the S.C. backcountry, occupied this hill ...
- 30-08Lindley's FortOn July 15, 1776, a number of Indians and Tories attacked this frontier fort where area settlers had gathered for protec...
- 24-03Old Ninety Six (2 miles south)Even before 1730 the fork in the Cherokee Path, 96 miles south of Keowee, was called Ninety Six. Here a trading post was...
- 08-10Quenby BridgeAt this bridge, on July 17, 1781, British forces under Col. Coates, who was retreating from Moncks Corner, encountered p...
- 32-18Revolutionary Skirmish Near Juniper SpringsA party of Sumter's soldiers, harassing a rear guard of British foragers under Lord Rawdon (en route to relieve besieged...
- 14-05Revolutionary Skirmish Near Tearcoat BranchOn the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Tories under Col....
- 14-07Revolutionary Skirmish Near Wyboo SwampDuring Francis Marion's 1781 campaign to drive the British from the Pee Dee, he and his men clashed near here in March w...
- 07-13Revolutionary War AmbushIn December 1781, returning from a patrol with the Patriot militia, Charles Davant was mortally wounded from ambush near...
- 28-23Rugeley's MillsRugeley’s Mills was a Revolutionary-era trading post located northeast of Flat Rock and Grannys Quarter Creeks. Owned by...
- 22-12Sergeant McDonaldHere Sgt. McDonald bayoneted the fleeing Maj. Gainey, following the defeat of the Tories under Major Gainey by the Ameri...
- 21-10Skirmish at Black Mingo CreekOn Sept. 14, 1780, Gen. Francis Marion's Patriots routed a Tory force commanded by Capt. J. Coming Ball. The Tories, att...
- 22-07Skirmish at Sampit BridgeIn the early evening about March 20, 1781, the last skirmish between Gen. Marion and Col. Watson was fought at Sampit Br...
- 10-124Skirmish at St. Andrew's Parish ChurchOn March 22, 1780, British and Hessian troops nearing Charleston were met by Patriot cannon fire near St. Andrew’s Paris...
- 08-88Skirmish at Tidyman's PlantationOn Feb. 25, 1782 Patriot Gen. Francis Marion resumed his command at nearby Tidyman’s Plantation (Cedar Hill) after servi...
- 08-32Skirmish at Wambaw BridgeOn February 24, 1782, at Wambaw Bridge 6 mi. N, a force of British cavalry, regular infantry, and Loyalist militia under...
- 08-87Skirmish at Wambaw BridgeOn Feb. 24 1782 a Revolutionary War skirmish took place at a bridge over nearby Wambaw Creek. Early that morning, Col. B...
- 08-90Skirmish at Wells's PlantationDuring the night of Aug. 24, 1781, a Revolutionary War skirmish took place at Wells’s Plantation on Bull Head, a portion...
- 32-41Tarrar SpringsAt this location on Nov. 16, 1781 Patriot militia under Capt. Sterling Turner met Tories under Col. Hezekia Williams as ...
- 39-13The Battle of Seneca TownSeneca Town, on the Seneca River E of present-day Seneca, was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns.” On August 1, 1776, ...
- 29-28The Revolution in the BackcountryAfter British forces took Charleston in May 1780, they set up outposts in the backcountry and attempted to control the s...
- 10-65The Siege of Charleston, 1780The British capture of Charleston in May 1780 was one of the worst American defeats of the Revolution. On March 30-31 Ge...
- 08-91Wambaw PlantationBall and Henry Laurens in 1756. Later a major S.C. political leader, Laurens’s stake in Wambaw first qualified him for l...
- 24-26White HallBy 1767, White Hall was an extensive frontier plantation and the home of Andrew Williamson, unschooled son of Scottish s...
- 46-61William Bratton PlantationIn 1766 William Bratton and his wife Martha Robertson purchased 200 acres on the South Fork of Fishing Creek and built a...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 07-10Beaufort ArsenalErected in 1798 and rebuilt in 1852, the Beaufort Arsenal was the home of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, commissioned...
- 41-06Butler Family GravesAt Butler Church, about one mile west, is the burial plot of the Butler family. Among the graves are those of William Bu...
- 46-21Fort MillFort Mill was established on land received in 1787 by Thomas Spratt, one of the first settlers in this area. According t...
- 10-30Jacob Bond I'on (1782-1859)Jacob Bond I'On (1782-1859), planter, U.S. Army and militia officer, and state legislator, is buried in the family cemet...
- 10-19Thomas Pinckney 1750-1828Distinguished planter-diplomat Thomas Pinckney owned nearby Fairfield and Eldorado plantations. A national figure, he wa...
- 10-10War of 1812 EncampmentOn June 18, 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain. One of the first units to be mustered into servi...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 40-32Early Summer ResortsLightwood Knot Springs, situated about two miles north, a popular summer resort during the first half of the nineteenth ...
- 39-02Fort HillHome of/JOHN C. CALHOUN/1825-1850/United States Congressman 1811-1817/Secretary of War 1817-1825/Vice President of the U...
- 46-17King's Mountain Military Academy Site) Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this Yorkville school in 1855. Closed...
- 41-01Pierce M. ButlerSix miles NE, in a family cemetery at Butler Church, is the grave of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, Governor of South Carolin...
- 40-179State FairgroundsThe S.C. State Fair was founded in 1856 by the State Agricultural Society. The fair was held at the fairgrounds on Elmwo...
- 28-14Warrenton Muster GroundThe Warrenton Muster Ground, originally known as Gardner's Old Field, was a nineteenth and early-twentieth century meeti...
- 25-17Whippy Swamp Muster GroundThis area, called Whippy Swamp Cross Roads, was in Beaufort District before Hampton County was created in 1878. In 1840 ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 10-50Federal Expedition on John's IslandThe Battle of Burden’s Causeway was the climax of a Federal expedition against John’s Island, July 2-9, 1864. 5000 Feder...
- 27-08Fighting Near CoosawhatchieOn October 22, 1862, in running encounters near Coosawhatchie, Frampton's Plantation, and Pocotaligo, Confederate troops...
- 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,...
- 40-12Governor's MansionArsenal Academy, converted from a state arsenal, occupied this square from 1842 to 1865 when Union troops burned all the...
- 43-25Military PostAfter the Civil War ended in 1865, a Federal military occupation garrison was located for sometime in this area of Sumte...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 08-01Stony Landing PlantationHere in 1863, the Confederate semi-submersible torpedo boat, Little David, first of its type, was constructed. It was de...
- 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...
- 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...
- 28-12West's CrossroadsThis crossroads, long owned by the West family, is the junction of the Georgetown and Porter Bridge Roads, both of which...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 10-96Simeon Pinckney HomesteadSimeon Pinckney, who was born a slave in Manning, S.C., enlisted in the 3rd S.C. Inf. (Colored) in 1863, and also served...
- 40-02Site of Parade GroundDuring Federal military occupation of South Carolina 1865-1877, this square was part of the parade ground used by United...
- 02-45The Hamburg MassacreThe Hamburg Massacre, which occurred nearby on July 8, 1876, was one of the most notable incidents of racial and politic...
New South (1877-1913)
- 43-07Col. David DuBose Gaillard Engineer of the Panama CanalBorn at Fulton Crossroads, Sept. 4, 1859, David DuBose Gaillard spent his boyhood in this section. He was graduated from...
- 07-37First African Baptist ChurchThis church, organized in 1862, was first located in the town of Mitchelville, a freedmen's village established on Hilto...
- 07-38Fort FremontThese batteries, built by the U.S. Army in 1898 in response to the Spanish-American War, were part of Fort Fremont, whic...
- 11-13Gaffney's Old FieldMuch of the land in this area once belonged to Michael Gaffney, proprietor of Gaffney’s Crossroads. The area also served...
- 10-108Hunter's VolunteersThis site once beloned to Hunter’s Volunteers, an African American militia est. on James Island by 1877. Part of the S.C...
- 10-102Sullivans Island Quartermaster DockFort Sullivan, first built in 1796, was left vacant after the Civil War. In 1897 a new building campaign began and in 19...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 42-2515th N.Y. InfantryThe 15th N.Y. Infantry, a volunteer National Guard unit of African American soldiers, arrived here Oct. 10, 1917, to tra...
- 40-5530th Inf DivisionAfter a brilliant combat record in World War I and 14 years of dedicated National Guard service, the "Old Hickory" Divis...
- 40-8581st Inf DivisionThe 81st was organized at Camp Jackson, Aug. 25, 1917, where the training area included Wildcat Creek. Soon dubbed the W...
- 21-29American Legion Post #1This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post...
- 15-17Anderson FieldThis airfield, the first in Colleton County, was built and dedicated in 1933 on 60 acres leased to the town of Walterbor...
- 40-47Camp JacksonNamed in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. This cantonment site 1 ½ mi. north was approved by the War Dept. June 2, 1917. Ma...
- 32-25Camp MooreThe military began this post, also known as Camp Styx, in 1913 as a National Guard training center. The post sent men to...
- 23-02Camp SevierThis camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieutenant Colonel, N. C. Militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U. S. P. A., ...
- 42-05Camp WadsworthThis camp, named in honor of Brigadier General James Samuel Wadsworth, U.S.V., was approved June 1917 as a cantonment si...
- 05-04Carlisle Military SchoolSC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, presid...
- 40-173Curtiss-Wright HangarThis hangar, built in 1929 by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, was the first building at Owens Field, a municipal airp...
- 10-113Marine BarracksConstructed in 1910 and designed architect Jules Henri de Sibour, this building served as barracks for members of the Un...
- 10-115Navy Yard Officers' QuartersIn 2007, nearly 70 acres of the former Charleston Navy Yard (1901) were listed in the National Register of Historic Plac...
- 10-32Rifle Range RoadA U.S. Navy rifle range was built near here during World War I on the site of an old S.C. National Guard firing range. I...
- 46-35The CCC in York CountyOne of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), creat...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 40-54100th Inf DivisionAt this site on 15 November 1942, Maj. Gen. W. A. Burress received the 100th Infantry Division colors, marking the offic...
- 40-00102nd CavalryFormed 1890 as the Essex Troop of Lt. Cavalry; mustered into the N.J. National Guard in 1893. After World War I service,...
- 40-57106th Inf DivisionNear this site on 15 March 1943 the 106th Infantry Division was officially activated and became known as the "Golden Lio...
- 40-11726th Inf DivisionThe "Yankee" Division, which saw extensive combat in World War I, was mobilized for active duty in World War II in Janua...
- 32-17319th Bombardment GroupActivated in 1942 and stationed here at Columbia Army Air Base February through April of 1945, the 319th participated in...
- 40-11931st Inf DivisionThe "Dixie" Division, created in 1917, spent most of World War II as a training division, with some units training at Ft...
- 32-39345th Bombardment GroupThe 345th Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force, “the Air Apaches,” served in the Southwest Pacific during World War II...
- 40-964th Infantry DivisionOrganized in 1917, the 4th Infantry Division was stationed in this area at Ft. Jackson during World War II and received ...
- 43-4855th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 55th Aero Construction Squadron in 1917, the 55th was assigned to Shaw AFB from 1946-1951 and returne...
- 40-9377th Inf DivisionThe "Statue of Liberty Division" was reviewed by England's Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt after i...
- 43-5179th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 77th Aero Squadron on 20 Feb 1918, the unit trained WWI aviators. It was assigned to Shaw AFB from 19...
- 43-5279th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 79th Aero Squadron on 22 Feb 1918. The unit trained WWI aviators. It was assigned to Shaw AFB from 19...
- 40-5687th Inf DivisionActivated at Camp McCain, Miss. in 1942, the "Golden Acorn" Division trained at this site in 1944. The division distingu...
- 40-988th Infantry DivisionActivated in 1918 and inspected by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton during World War II, the 8th ...
- 25-16American Legion HutThis 1933 cypress-log hut is the headquarters of American Legion Post #108. Legionnaires and other local citizens cut cy...
- 32-43Blinding of Isaac WoodardSgt. Isaac Woodard, a black soldier, was removed from a bus in Batesburg and arrested on Feb. 12, 1946, after a dispute ...
- 32-21Bombardment GroupsIn 1942 the 310th, 321st, 340th groups trained here at Columbia Army Air Base for World War II. All participated in 9 ca...
- 42-26Camp CroftCamp Croft, constructed in 1940-41, was named for Greenville native Maj. Gen. Edward Croft (1875-1938). The pillars from...
- 10-90Coastal Patrol Base #8The Civil Air Patrol (C.A.P.) was formed in 1941, just prior to U.S. entrance into WWII. C.A.P. air bases were located f...
- 15-22Colleton Training SchoolColleton Training School opened in 1925 and served African American students in the elementary and high school grades. I...
- 32-13Columbia Army Air BaseBuilt during 1941 as the Lexington County Airport, this airfield became the Columbia Army Air Base shortly after the U.S...
- 16-49Darlington Memorial CenterThis house was built in 1889 by Charles McCullough (1853-1908), who served as town councilman and later as mayor. It was...
- 23-26Donaldson Air Force BaseGreenville Army Air Base opened on this site in 1942 and trained B-25 bomber crews during World War II. Emphasizing air ...
- 40-143Heidt-Russell HouseThis house, with Greek Revival and Italianate architectural influences, was built about 1879 by William J. Heidt, builde...
- 39-31Issaqueena Bombing RangeDuring World War II the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) used Lake Issaqueena and surrounding land as a bombing range. The la...
- 10-13James F. ByrnesJames F. Byrnes, American statesman, was born in a house on nearby King Street and grew up in this neighborhood. He atte...
- 01-08Maj. Thomas D. Howie, The Major of St. LôBirthplace of Thomas Dry Howie (1908-1944), World War II hero famous as "The Major of St. Lô." Abbeville High School, Cl...
- 26-31Military Air Crash SiteNear here on Dec. 5, 1972, thirteen American military officers and airmen were killed on a training mission during the V...
- 26-19Myrtle Beach Army Air FieldMyrtle Beach Army Air Field operated here 1940-47 and grew out of city plans to expand the municipal airport from two gr...
- 10-114Naval Hospital DistrictConstructed 1940-42, this multi-wing complex was the core of a hospital district established to serve the Charleston Nav...
- 35-37Palmer FieldPalmer Field, originally Marlboro Aviation School, operated here from Oct. 1941 to Nov. 1944 as a primary training facil...
- 40-165South Carolina Memorial GardenThis garden was established in 1944 by the Garden Club of South Carolina. It was the first memorial garden in the U.S. c...
- 15-21Training the Tuskegee AirmenGraduates of the Tuskegee Army Flying School, who belonged to the first African-American units in the U.S. Army Air Corp...
- 43-53WWII Prisoner of War CampFrom 1942 to 1945 more than 400,000 Axis-power prisoners of war were shipped to the United States from Europe and North ...
- 32-36World War II Bombing RangesLake Murray islands, most notably Lunch Island (since 1945 also called Bomb Island or Doolittle Island), Shull Island, a...
- 02-41World War II POW CampGerman prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from November 1943 to May 1946. This camp, one of 21 in S.C., w...
- 07-65World War II POW CampIn Oct. 1943, the U.S. Army opened a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near here on Pigeon Point Road. It was one of more than ...
- 25-14World War II POW CampGerman prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from September 1943 to the spring of 1946. This camp, one of 21...