On East Railroad Avenue near North Street, on the right when traveling west.
Hooten- Black House & Bamberg's National Historic District
The Hooten- Black House is the hub of art and history in Bamberg County where you will find changing art exhibitions,
concerts, and lectures on Bamburg County history. The Hooten- . . . — — Map (db m32840) HM
On Main Hiaghway (U.S. 301/601) at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Hiaghway.
(side 1)
Bamberg County Courthouse, named for Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg, was formed in 1897. One of the first projects undertaken was the construction of a new courthouse and jail. The construction was financed by the City of Bamberg . . . — — Map (db m219695) HM
On South Carlisle Street at Midway Street, on the left when traveling south on South Carlisle Street.
SC Methodists began an institution on this site in
1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H.
Carlisle, president of Wofford College 1875-1902.
It served as a coeducational preparatory institution
for Wofford. Col. James F. Risher . . . — — Map (db m26427) HM
On Capernaum Road (State Highway 5-54), on the left when traveling south.
Front
This plantation was the home of Maj. William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858), planter, merchant, and the founder of Bamberg. Maj. Bamberg, a native of what was then Barnwell District, returned to this area from Georgia in the late . . . — — Map (db m84466) HM
On Heritage Highway (U.S. 78), on the left when traveling west.
(Front text) Woodlands was the country home of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), the most prominent and prolific writer of the antebellum South, from 1836 to his death. A novelist, poet, historian, critic, and essayist best known for his . . . — — Map (db m32008) HM
On Carolina Highway (U.S. 321), on the right when traveling north.
This Georgian Revival building, completed in 1923, at the cost of $300,000, was the third Denmark office of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1898, long-distance lines from Virginia to Georgia, and from Alabama to Charleston crossed . . . — — Map (db m19636) HM
On West Baruch Street (U.S. 78) near South Cedar Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Denmark Beginnings
The town was originally known as Graham's
Turnout, when the South Carolina Canal &
Railroad line came through in the 1830s.
There were 16turnouts, or pull-offs for
passing, on the line with watering tanks
and . . . — — Map (db m14526) HM
On Columbia Highway (U.S. 321) 0.1 miles north of Heritage Highway (U.S. 78), on the right when traveling north.
Side 1
Denmark High School is the second school located at this spot. The first Denmark School, designed by Charles Coker Wilson, was completed in 1908 and once stood adjacent to the current building. The core of the current school was . . . — — Map (db m180068) HM
On Holman Bridge Road, 0.3 miles south of Rogers Road, on the left when traveling north.
(side 1)
In 1801 John Holman constructed a bridge spanning the South Fork of the Edisto River at a site previously known as Tyler's Ferry, about 1/2 mi. N. of here. Two acts of the General Assembly granted Holman the right to charge a toll . . . — — Map (db m110750) HM
On East Voorhees Road (State Highway S-5-12) near Soloman Blatt Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
[Front Text]
Voorhees College, founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
in 1897 as the Denmark Industrial School, was an
effort to emphasize a vocational curriculum for
rural African American students on the model of
the Tuskegee Institute. . . . — — Map (db m19639) HM
Eleven years after the battle of Rivers Bridge,
a group of local young men formed the Rivers
Bridge Confederate Memorial Association and
reburied the Confederate dead here, about a
mile from the battlefield. The Memorial
Association began to . . . — — Map (db m15671) HM
On Rivers Bridge State Park Access Road, 0.2 miles east of State Highway S-5-8.
[Photo of guest room]
Ehrhardt Hall
This restored 19th century mansion located in
the town of Ehrhardt is a bed and breakfast
and features six guest rooms with amenities
including fireplaces.
[Photo of Sinclair . . . — — Map (db m27445) HM
On Confederate Highway (State Highway 641) near State Park Road (County Route 5-8), on the right when traveling west.
Battle At Rivers Bridge
On February 2 ~ 3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's
Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of
Gen. F.P. Blair's XVII Corps attempted to cross
the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge. The
Confederate defenders . . . — — Map (db m7708) HM
Invasion! In January 1865, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's army of 60,000 Union soldiers invaded South Carolina. Its goals: to link up with Ulysses S. Grant's forces opposing Robert E. Lee's Confederates in Virginia and destroy the South's . . . — — Map (db m7437) HM
Crucial Routes to the Heart of the State: The Salkehatchie River Crossings As Sherman's right wing- about 28,000 men underGen. Oliver Otis Howard- advanced up the south side of the Salkehatchie, Gen. Lafayette McLaws' Confederate division . . . — — Map (db m7440) HM
Dig In Part of McLaws' division protected the middle crossing of the Salkehatchie at Rivers Bridge. This small force, consisting of a brigade of Georgia infantrymen, South Carolina cavalrymen and four cannons of the South Carolina Light . . . — — Map (db m7441) HM
"This Indescribably Ugly Salkehatchie " At Rivers Bridge the Salkehatchie flowed though a swamp a
half mile wide. The only road through it was a narrow earthen causeway with multiple wooden bridges. The Confederates hoped the thick swamp and . . . — — Map (db m7455) HM
Attack! Gen. Joseph A. Mower's Union division advanced rapidly to Rivers Bridge on the afternoon of Feb. 2 and charged down a narrow causeway. Confederate cannon fire stopped the attack and forced the Yankees to take cover in the cold swamp. The . . . — — Map (db m7456) HM
A Running Battle on the River Road On Feb.2, Union troops moved up the road on the opposite bank of the Salkehatchie, fighting a running battle with the Confederate cavalrymen who tried to slow their advance. Among the casualties was Pvt. John . . . — — Map (db m7457) HM
A Vulnerable Stronghold The Confederates were confident they could stop another head-on Union assault. But they feared for the safety of their flanks, knowing they did not have enough men to resist attacks that might strike the ends of their . . . — — Map (db m7458) HM
Death and Defeat
As Mower's troops flanked the Confederate right, another Union division crossed several miles downstream to flank the Confederate left. Under a smokescreen created by a rapid artillery and rifle volleys, the Southerners . . . — — Map (db m7464) HM
The End is Near
The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall back as . . . — — Map (db m7467) HM
On State Highway 5-31 at State Highway 5-8, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 5-31.
Here on February 3, 1865, the 17th U.S. Army Corps led by Major General Joseph A. Mower and Lieut. Gen. Giles A. Smith attacked the Confederate division of Major General Lafayette McLaws and forced the crossing of Salkehatchie River, after a gallant . . . — — Map (db m11318) HM
Colleton County
In Memory Of Our
Confederate Soldiers
Who Here Gave Their Lives
In Defense Of
A Righteous Cause
Feb. 3 and 4, 1865 — — Map (db m53729) HM
On Low Country Hwy (State Highway 64) at Broxton Bridge Road / Broadway Street (U.S. 601), on the right when traveling west on Low Country Hwy.
Conrad Ehrhardt was born in Weiterade Kuhrhessen Germany on December 13, 1832 and left home at the age of 19 to come to America. He came with only 25 cents in his pocket and skills that he aquired from the mills, in which he had worked, in Germany. . . . — — Map (db m7602) HM
On Broxton Bridge Road (U.S. 601) near College Street, on the left when traveling north.
Ehrhardt Hall was built in 1903 with Victorian style architecture. The owner, Dr. James Haynes Roberts, born March 2, 1863, was originally from the Allendale area. Following in his father's footsteps, who was a self taught dentist and 2nd lieutenant . . . — — Map (db m20908) HM
On Mt Pleasant Road (State Highway S-5-25) near Jager Road.
In 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church
moved here from about 1 mi. south and
changed its name to Mt. Pleasant.
It is generally accepted that this
congregation was organized ca. 1750
and that John George Bamberg
preached there shortly after . . . — — Map (db m8795) HM
Most of the Confederates killed here were Georgians,
and most were unknown when they were reburied. But
the local community remembered them as " our
Confederate dead, " the fallen heroes of a common cause. The monument placed over their mass . . . — — Map (db m15650) HM
( Front face )
In Memory
of our
Confederate Dead
who fell in battle at
River's Bridges
Feb. 4, 1865.
(Reverse face ) Soldier's rest, your welfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep . . . — — Map (db m15652) HM
( Left side )
The Legacy of Total War
From January to March in 1865 more than
60,000 Union soldiers led by General
William Tecumseh Sherman marched
across South Carolina. They brought
total war to the state, . . . — — Map (db m15646) HM
On St. Johns Church Road (State Highway 5-93) near Pocketville Road, on the right when traveling east.
(Front text) This church, established 1829 30, was first named Three Mile Creek Church and held early services in a brush arbor 4 mi. W on the Salkehatchie River. In 1839 it moved to this site donated by George Kinard, and was renamed St. . . . — — Map (db m32605) HM
On Ehrhardt Road (State Highway 5-22) 2.1 miles west of Carolina Highway (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling west. Reported damaged.
(Front text)
Mountain Home Plantation, named for the hill on which it is located, was established before the Civil War. In 1859 Samuel J. Hartzog (1823-1890) bought the plantation from his brother Joseph (1826-1862), and built this . . . — — Map (db m219665) HM
On Salem Church Road at Juniper Creek Road (South Carolina Highway 5-366), on the right when traveling west on Salem Church Road.
This church, founded by 1818, held its early services in a brush arbor; the first permanent sanctuary was built nearby. In 1848 Capt. J.D. Allen sold this 4-acre site to the trustees for $1.00. The present church, built soon afterwards, has been . . . — — Map (db m32092) HM
On Burton Ferry Road (U.S. 301) at Mizpah Lane, on the right when traveling south on Burton Ferry Road.
Methodist Church
established by 1832.
Present 1856 house of
worship is all that
remains of pre~ Civil
War Settlement of
Buford's Bridge. — — Map (db m19641) HM
On Low Country Road / 3rd Street (State Highway 64), on the right when traveling east.
Elisha, Henry, James H. and Richard
Morris enlisted in the Confederate Army
Apr 9, 1862, served in Co. G, 2nd
S.C. Art'y for the duration of the war
They were farmers, owning large tracts of
land. Much of the land for the South . . . — — Map (db m32657) HM
On Burton Ferry Road (U.S. 301) at Carolina Highway (U.S. 321), on the right when traveling north on Burton Ferry Road.
(Front Text) Buford's Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford maintained a bridge and operated a ferry over the Salkehatchie River. It grew throughout the nineteenth . . . — — Map (db m7644) HM
