Related Historical Markers

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1 ► South Carolina, Sumter County, Rembert — 43-23 — Battle of Boykin's Mill —

On Boykin Road (State Highway 261) at Boykin Mill Road, on the right when traveling south on Boykin Road.

Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 white and Negro Union troops left Georgetown April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden. Here on April 18, in one of the last engagements of the war, a small force of Confederate . . . — — Map (db m16031) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Sumter County, Stateburg — 43-36 — Battle of Stateburg —

On North Kings Highway (State Highway 261) at Barnwell Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Kings Highway.

(Front text) In April 1865 2,700 Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter left Georgetown in a raid against the railroad lines between Sumter and Camden. After briefly occupying Sumter Potter advanced to Manchester and . . . — — Map (db m27358) HM

3 ► South Carolina, Sumter County, Stateburg — 43-30 — Battle of Beech Creek / The Civil War Ends In S.C —

On Raccoon Road (State Highway 43-29) near North Kings Highway (State Highway 261), on the right when traveling east.

Battle of Beech Creek. In April 1865 Confederates formed a defensive line along the high ground above Beech Creek to oppose Brig. Gen. Edward Potter's Federals advancing through Stateburg toward Camden. S.C. militia, the 9th Ky. Mounted . . . — — Map (db m27348) HM