Defense of Edisto Bridge
Occupying Rifle Pits and manning a small
battery in defense of the Edisto River
Bridge, at this point less than six
hundred Confederates temporarily
halted the advance of the right wing
of the Federal Army commanded by
Gen.W.T. Sherman. On Feb. 12, 1865,
the defenders were outflanked by a
much larger force and compelled to
withdraw and entrain for Columbia
South Carolina.
Marker is on Riverside Drive SW near Warring Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
