7-28 Battery Saxton
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mikemtn
N 32° 26.483 W 080° 41.786
17S E 528535 N 3589401
Marker beside Boundry Street in Beaufort
Waymark Code: WMHT2
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2006
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BATTERY SAXTON Battery Saxton, constructed here in 1862, was in the second line of earthworks built by Federal troops occupying Beaufort during the Civil War. Laid out by the 1st New York Engineers with the assistance of black laborers, it held 3 8 inch siege howitzers and was occupied 1862-65 as one of two batteries anchoring a line from Battery Creek to the Beaufort River, the remanents of which are visible here just south of U.S. Hwy. 21 (known as Shell Rd. during the war).
Other side...Battery Saxton was named for Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton (1824-1908), a native of Massachusetts. Saxton, an ardent abolitionist, served for most of the war in and around Beaufort in the Union Dept. of the South. As military governor of the Ga. and S.C. sea islands 1862-65 he led the way in educating freedmen and in raising and training black units for service in the U.S. Army. Saxton was later assistant commisioner for the Freedmen's Bureau for S.C. and Ga. & Fla., 1865-66.
Marker Name: Battery saxton
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker number: 7-28
County: Beaufort County
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