Battery Number 5

Historical marker location:

Secessionville, South Carolina

( Marker is on Seaside Plantation Drive near Opposite Planters Trace Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2008

South Carolina was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution. The Battle of Camden, fought on August 16, 1780, resulted in a devastating defeat for the American army and caused the temporary collapse of the southern resistance to British rule.