South Carolina State University

(Marker Front):

S.C. State University was founded in 1896

as the Colored Normal, Industrial,

Agricultural & Mechanical College of S.C. with its

origins in the Morrill Land Grants Acts of

1862 and 1890 providing for land-grant

colleges. Intended "for the best education

of the hand, head, ...

McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade

The Breakthrough Trail

Brigadier General Samuel McGowan, a 43-year-old lawyer and politician from Abbeville, South Carolina, commanded the troops responsible for maintaining these fortifications from October 1864 through March 1865. McGowan’s Brigade consisted of five South Carolina regiments numbering about 1,400 ...

South Carolina

On this hill for one month South Carolina troops guarded the entrance to Petersburg and here July 30, 1864, suffered death from a mine exploded by the Federals. Here the surviving Carolinians under the command of Stephen Elliott by their ...

North Carolina / South Carolina

North Carolina. Colonized, 1585–87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for Independence, Apr. 12, 1776.

South Carolina. Formed in 1712 from pat of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was first settled ...

Beaufort County South Carolina

Civil War and Forward

1860 -

On November 7,1861 a flotilla of U.S. warships steamed into Port Royal and the "Cotton Kingdom" came to a swift and thunderous end. The planters were forced to flee inland, many never to return, abandoning ...

Beaufort County, South Carolina

Colonial And Revolutionary Period

1711-1860

During the Colonial period the Beaufort district grew and prospered. Rice was produced for export on the mainland, indigo in the sea islands, shipbuilding flourished. The Parish System developed as the political basis and Beaufort competed with ...

Beaufort County, South Carolina

Exploration and Settlement

1520 - 1711

      In 1520 the Spaniard, Francisco Gordillo, sailing from Hispaniola, stopped near Port Royal Sound long enough to call the place Santa Elena. Fourty-two years later, in 1562, Jean Ribaut and his ...

South Carolina Generals Memorial

(East face)

General Officers P.A.C.S.

From South Carolina.

Killed or Died in Service,

1861-1865.

——

Brig. GenLS

Barnard E. Bee.

July 21, 1861.

Adley H. Gladden.

April 12, 1862.

J.B. Villepigue.

Nov. 9, 1862.

Maxcy Gregg.

Dec. 13, 1862.

Micah Jenkins.

May 6, 1864.

Abner Perrin.

May 12, 1864.

J.Johnston Pettigrew.

July 17, 1863.

Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walker.

July ...

South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute

At Barhamville, about ½ mi. west of this point, a famous girls' school, founded by Dr. Elias Marks (1790-1886), was located 1828-65. Among the students were Anna Maria, daughter of John C. Calhoun; Ann Pamela Cuningham, founder of Mt. Vernon ...

South Carolina State Vietnam War Memorial

In memory of the sons and daughters of South Carolina who lost their lives in the service of their country in Vietnam.

Marker is on Gadsden Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org