College Camp

1775-1781

On this site in September 1775 Colonel Patrick Henry established camp grounds for Virginia troops who were to rendezvous and train at Williamsburg. Several Virginia regiments left here in 1776 and 1777 to join General George Washington’s army in the ...

American Legion Post #1 / 2nd Lieutenant Fred H. Sexton

American Legion Post #1

This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post in S.C. Florence County veterans J.D. Smyser, R.B. Fulton, and N.S. Lachicotte represented S.C. at the ...

Limestone Springs

Used as early as the American Revolution, this site became a “Summer Watering Place” in 1835. Low country aristocrats such as Governor David Johnson were attracted here by the climate and therapeutic waters. A post office was here from 1836 ...

Pisgah Methodist Church

Side A

This church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an early Methodist “Society.” Rev. Thomas Humphries (d. 1820), who served this and other area circuits, conducted the ...

Florence Depot (1852) / Wilmington & Manchester RR

Florence Depot

The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffmeyer Rd. It was named for Florence Harllee (1848-1927), daughter of the railroad's president, William W. Harllee (1812-1897). In ...

Putman's Lock Grocery

Putman's Lock Grocery, owned by the Garret Putman family from 1855 into the 1900s, is typical of the many stores which lined the canal. Part of the store, which contained living quarters and rooms for rent, was destoyed by fire ...

Tabernacle Baptist Church

Tabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area because of Federal occupation in 1861. The church's lecture room was used for services during the war. In 1867 the black congregation bought ...

San Elizario Chapel

(Capilla de San Elzeario)

Named for the 13th-century French patron of the military, St. Elzear, Capilla de San Elzeario was established as part of the Spanish military garrison of Presidio de San Elzeario (also Elceario, later Elizario) when it was moved ...

Fortress West Point

Elevations in Feet

Courtesy hmdb.org

49th Pennsylvania Infantry

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps

(Front):

49th Penna. Infantry

3rd Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps

(Left):

This regiment made a continuous march from Manchester, MD, arriving on the field the afternoon of July 2. Occupied this position in reserve from the morning of the ...