Battle Of Rivers Bridge / Rivers Bridge Memorials
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Confederate soldiers defended the Salkehatchie River for two days before being forced out of their breastworks. This battle was the only major resistance encountered by Sherman's army during their march across South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMNZX3
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2015
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Battle Of 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 there, in Gen. Lafayette McLaws's division of the Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla., delayed the Federals for almost two days. Each side lost about 100 men killed, wounded, or captured.
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Rivers Bridge Memorials
In 1876 local men reburied the Confederate dead in a mass grave a mile from the earthworks and formed the Rivers Bridge Confederate Memorial Association. Their annual services commemorate the battle and Southern dead. The Association preserved the battlefield and deeded 285 acres to the state in 1945 as Rivers Bridge State Park, now Rivers Bridge State Historic Site.
This marker was erected in 2004 by The Rivers Bridge Camp No. 842, Sons Of Confederate Veterans.
This marker is in Ehrhardt, South Carolina, in Bamberg County. The marker is on Confederate Highway, state highway 641 at the intersection of State Park Rd.
Marker Name: Battle Of Rivers Bridge / Rivers Bridge Memorials
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker number: 5-9
County: Bamberg
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