| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — 32-30 — Battle of Congaree Creek |
| | (Front text) On February 15, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federal army advanced to Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard's Army of the Tennessee found its way blocked by Confederates entrenched behind Congaree Creek and defending the Old State Rd. bridge. Gen. George G. Dibrell's dismounted cavalry brigade, supported by infantry and artillery, manned the nearby
earthworks, portions of which survive. (Reverse text) Gen. Charles R. Woods' 1st Div. of Gen. John A. Logan's XV Corps pushed . . . — Map (db m39818) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — 32-1 — Congaree Fort |
| | In 1718, at a site 2.7 miles east, near the place where the Cherokee Path crossed Congaree Creek, the first frontier outpost in central South Carolina was established under the command of Captain Charles Russell. The fort was abandoned in 1722, but the trading factory was soon revived as a private venture by Thomas Brown, an Indian trader. — Map (db m21711) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — Emily Geiger |
| | Emily Geiger Heroine of the Revolutionary War captured while delivering secret message from Gen. Greene to Gen. Sumter held captive at Fort Granby July 3, 1781 — Map (db m59067) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — Guignard Park |
| | Gift to the City of Cayce on March 13, 1961, by the heirs of John G. Guignard to be maintained as a public park in a state of natural beauty. This park established to conserve wild flowers, native shrubs and trees and to provide a place of quiet and restfulness. — Map (db m59069) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — 32-6 — Old State Road |
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This route follows an old Indian trail path and later in 1747 a public road from Charleston to Granby and points west. The State Road laid out by the newly established Board of Public Works in 1820 from Charleston to Columbia and on to the mountains perpetuated one of the oldest and most travelled routes in the development of the South Carolina back country. — Map (db m21697) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — The Post at the Congarees |
| | In 1175 the building upon the ground adjacent hereto was used as a store. Upon the fall of Charles Town in 1780 the British seized the store, fortified it, and established here "The Post at the Congarees." Attacked Feb. 19, 1781, by Gen. Sumter, who on the 21st, destroyed the magazine and supplies in sight of Rawdon's Army across the river, he having come from Camden to relieve the post. Captured by Lee, May 15, 1781 Reoccupied by Rawdon, July 1, 1781 Reoccupied by Greene, July 4, 1781 . . . — Map (db m59065) HM |
| South Carolina (Lexington County), Cayce — World War II Monument and Memorial |
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1941 WWII 1946
A Tribute
to give our military veterans
the honor and respect due them
They hit the line and they hit it hard
They ran the ends of fame
They passed and kicked to distant goals
When they starred in competitive games
But when they heard the bugles of war that called
To a much rougher and tougher test
And now they sleep under foreign sods
The stars who have earned their rest
They played the game the good old way
That . . . — Map (db m22227) HM |
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