S C
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.
ERECTED BY
ORANGEBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
1962
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