Battle of Congaree Creek
(Front text)
On February 15, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federal army advanced to Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard's Army of the Tennessee found its way blocked by Confederates entrenched behind Congaree Creek and defending the Old State Rd. bridge. Gen. George G. Dibrell's dismounted cavalry brigade, supported by infantry and artillery, manned the nearby
earthworks, portions of which survive.
(Reverse text)
Gen. Charles R. Woods' 1st Div. of Gen. John A. Logan's XV Corps pushed Federal skirmishers ahead while one of Woods' brigades crossed upstream and turned the Confederate right flank. Dibrell's force withdrew from Congaree Creek and then from its earthworks, retreating to Columbia. Though the
Confederates set fire to the bridge the Federals saved it and made their camp nearby that night.
Marker is at the intersection of New State Road and Old State Road (South Carolina Road 32-66), in the median on New State Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
