25-8 Old Pocotaligo Road, March From the Sea
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mikemtn
N 32° 50.553 W 081° 07.487
17S E 488322 N 3633839
Marker 25-8 Old Pocotaligo Road, March from the Sea, located just off Hwy 601 a few miles South of Hampton South Carolina. Erected by The Hampton County Historical Society in 1991.
Waymark Code: WMMZY
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2006
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Text front: This was a major road in the northern part of old Beaufort District for many years, appearing in Mill's Atlas of 1825. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman used this route from Savannah, Georgia, to North Carolina in February of 1885 with much of his invasion force, including 15,000 troops of the 15th Corps. These and
Text reverse: other Union soldiers fought their way through the present Hampton County countryside, against Confederates under generals Joe Wheeler and Lafayette McLaws and Colonel Charles J. Colcock. Engagements in the county occurred at Lawtonville, Hickory Hill (2.9 miles SE), Whippy Swamp, and Broxton's Bridge.
