Historical Marker
Colleton House: Unmanly Practices or Legitimate Target?
Historical marker location:
Moncks Corner, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Stony Landing Road.)
Marker installed: 2012
South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted for 34 hours and resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Confederates.