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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6Q_hunting-island-light-station_St-Helena-Island-SC.html
The Hunting Island Lighthouse guidedmariners along the stretch of the SouthCarolina coast for many years. The firstlighthouse, constructed of brick andcompleted in 1859, was demolished byConfederate troops during the early daysof the Civil War. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBYK_in-honor-of-all-veterans_Okatie-SC.html
(Plaque 1)Dedicated to The Memory and HonorOf All VeteransServicemen and ServicewomanWho Have Given TheirFull Measure of DevotationIn the Armed ForcesDefending This Nation[ Emblems: Army · Navy · Marine Corps · Air Force &midd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAU2_steam-gun_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Hilton Head Steamgun was the last of 13 produced - 8 land based and 5 ship borne. The 50 foot long, 15-inch diameter barrel propelled a 7 foot long, dynamite loaded projectile up to 3 .25 miles. Two steam engines powered an electric generator and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASP_robbers-row_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
After the occupation of Hilton Head,a civilian town grew up to serve theneeds of the large Union base andits garrison here. The town boasted a hotel, a theater, 2 newspapers, andnumerous stores, centering along a street, officially Suttlers Row, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARY_fort-walker_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Hastily built in 1861 to protect the S.C. coastagainst Union attack, Fort Walker, commandedby Col. William C. Heyward, bore the bruntof the Union attack on November 7, 1861,when after 4½ hours, with only 3 guns leftserviceable and ammunition …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARJ_battle-of-port-royal_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
A decisive battle in the Civil War tookplace here on Nov. 7, 1861, when 18Union warships with about 55 supportingcraft led by Adm. S.E. DuPont bombardedfor 4½ hours the Confederate forcesin Fort Walker on this shore and FortBeauregard on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARE_two-gallant-gentlemen-from-south-carolina_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
To honor the memory of two gallant gentlemanof South Carolina. Thomas Fenwick Drayton;Brigadier-General, C.S.A. and his brotherCommodore Percival Drayton, U.S.N., Captainof U.S.S. Hartford, and later the first Chiefof Naval Operations.The brothers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAL4_hilton-head_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
A prominent landmark for marinerssince the voyages of the earlySpanish explorers, this headlandwas known to the English asHilton Head after the voyage in 1663 of Captain William Hiltonwhich led to their firstpermanent settlement in Carolina.By the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAE2_fort-sherman_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Completed in 1862, this large earth fortwas designed to defend the great Unionblockade base on Hilton Head againstConfederate land attack. Named afterthe first Union commander here, Gen.Thomas W. Sherman, the fort consistsof two miles of earthwork…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5D_richard-v-woods-memorial-bridge_Beaufort-SC.html
Dedicated in 1971to the memory ofState Highway PatrolmanR.V. Woods (1935-1969)and all otherSouth CarolinaLaw Enforcement Officerswho died while servingin the line of duty