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The land that is now Croft State Park was farmed from the late 18th century, and old farmsteads can still be found in the park as well as six family cemeteries and two church cemeteries. [1] During the Revolutionary War, a skirmish between Patriots and Loyalists was fought at the juncture of Fairforest and Kelsey creeks. [2]
Currently the site of a 325-acre park, Old Dorchester State Park offers visitors a glimpse into South Carolina's Colonial past. The park boasts one of the most well-preserved oyster-shell tabby forts in the country, St. George's Bell Tower, log shipping wharves, burial sites and cemeteries, as well as on-going archaeological digs that are still ...
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Wade Hampton I (1752–1835) was a lieutenant colonel in the American Revolutionary War, brigadier general in the War of 1812, a congressman, and a wealthy planter.When he died in 1835, he was considered one of the wealthiest men in America [3] with plantations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina; he was the wealthiest planter in the Southern United States.
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, also known as Rivers Bridge State Park, located near Ehrhardt, a small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, is the site of an important Civil War battle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is in this area that General William T. Sherman engaged the Confederate Army on his advance from Savannah , and after two days of battle ...
The Francis Marion National Forest is located north of Charleston, South Carolina. It is named for revolutionary war hero Francis Marion , who was known to the British as the Swamp Fox. It lies entirely within the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion . [ 3 ]
The preserve is located adjacent to the grounds of Naval Hospital Beaufort. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources constructed a gravel road to access the site in August of 2020. 26: Fort Fremont Battery: Fort Fremont Battery: May 5, 2010 : Bay Point Rd., 0.3 miles (0.48 km) from Land's End Rd.
John Joyner Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862 and Gullah contraband of war Camp Saxton was previously the plantation of a slaveholder named John Joyner Smith. After the Battle of Port Royal on November 7, 1861, many of the white residents and plantation owners including Smith and his family fled the Sea Islands after the ...