Shepherd’s Bombproof

Improved artillery made brick forts obsolete. Rooms covered with sand provided better protection for defenders.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.

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Bible Depository

1828

Originally two stories, built as a depository by the South Carolina Bible Society on land purchased from the City for that purpose in 1828.

In 1882 the South Carolina Art Association acquired the building and used it for an ...

Shepherd’s Battery

Shepherd’s, one of the oldest batteries in the fort, guarded its western end.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.

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Shepherd’s Battery

Shepherd’s, one of the oldest batteries in the fort, guarded its western end.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Restoration of Shepherd’s Battery

Over the years man and nature destroyed much of Fort Fisher. Restoration of this battery was based on archaeological, historical, and photographic evidence.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.

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River Road Sally Port

The River Road sally port was the fort’s main land entrance.

At 3:30 p.m. on January 15, 1865, Union infantry charged into this end of the fort.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road. ...

The Olmstead Place

It’s hard to imagine, but you are about to enter a fertile valley. Named for the Indians who lived here time immemorial, the Kittitas Valley was the destination of many American settlers who came to the Washington Territory in the ...

Lamb Expands the Fort, 1862-1865

Col. William Lamb took command on July 4, 1862. For two years over 1,000 soldiers, slaves, and free blacks worked six days a week.

J.A. McMillan, a soldier at Fort Fisher, wrote: “They everlastingly make us work. … We work nine ...

Town Pond Reservoir Cridersville's Great Fire of 1918

Side A:

The Village of Cridersville was founded in 1856. With the discovery of oil in 1885 the village prospered and grew quickly. Its business district developed along Main Street in the first block east of the railroad. The Town Pond ...

Moorefield Presbyterian Church

Confederate Sanctuary

When the Civil War began, the Greek Revival-style Moorefield Presbyterian Church consisted of the main sanctuary that fronts on Main Street and the small chapel behind it. The chapel was constructed about 1847, and the sanctuary was completed in ...