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Denmark BeginningsThe town was originally known as Graham's Turnout, when the South Carolina Canal &Railroad line came through in the 1830s.There were 16turnouts, or pull-offs forpassing, on the line with watering tanksand woodsheds. Its name was …
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Here on February 3, 1865, the 17th U.S. Army Corps led by Major General Joseph A. Mower and Lieut. Gen. Giles A. Smith attacked the Confederate division of Major General Lafayette McLaws and forced the crossing of Salkehatchie River, after a galla…
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CSAConfederate Heroes
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UDC" Lest We Forget "
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Erected by the Francis MarionBamberg Chapter1911.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KA_mt-pleasant-church_Ehrhardt-SC.html
In 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Churchmoved here from about 1 mi. south andchanged its name to Mt. Pleasant.It is generally accepted that this congregation was organized ca. 1750and that John George Bambergpreached there shortly after 1798.In 187…
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Battle At Rivers BridgeOn February 2 ~ 3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman'sFederals advanced toward Columbia, units ofGen. F.P. Blair's XVII Corps attempted to cross the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge. The Confederate defenders there, in Gen. Lafa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QL_bufords-bridge_Olar-SC.html
(Front Text)Buford's Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford maintained a bridge and operated a ferry over the Salkehatchie River. It grew throughout the nineteenth centu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PF_conrad-ehrhardt-railroad-park_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Conrad Ehrhardt was born in Weiterade Kuhrhessen Germany on December 13, 1832 and left home at the age of 19 to come to America. He came with only 25 cents in his pocket and skills that he aquired from the mills, in which he had worked, in Germany…
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The End is Near
The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall back as Sherman's a…
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Death and Defeat
As Mower's troops flanked the Confederate right, another Union division crossed several miles downstream to flank the Confederate left. Under a smokescreen created by a rapid artillery and rifle volleys, the Southerners withdre…
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A Vulnerable Stronghold
The Confederates were confident they could stop another head-on Union assault. But they feared for the safety of their flanks, knowing they did not have enough men to resist attacks that might strike the ends of their th…