4-8 Confederate Skirmish
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Huckittome
N 34° 37.112 W 082° 28.672
17S E 364513 N 3831733
One of the last engagements of the Civil War. Located on the corner of SC-20 and Park Drive (the Northern entrance to Mineral Spring Park), Williamston, SC.
Waymark Code: WMJNN
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
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Confederate Skirmish
On May 1, 1865, cadets from the Arsenal Academy at Columbia, under Capt. John Peyre Thomas, who were enroute from Greenville to Newberry to be disbanded, met a band of Stoneman's raiders near here in one of the last engagements of the war, which had begun in Charleston harbor with shots fired from a post manned by cadets from the Citadel Academy. Erected by Anderson County Historical Society--1964.
Marker Name: 4-8 Confederate Skirmish

Marker Location: City

Type of Marker: Battle (war)

Marker number: 4 8

County: Anderson
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