Vaughn Edward Kee

Historical marker location:

1233 Ben Sawyer Blvd, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

( Marker is on Ben Sawyer Boulevard (State Highway 703).)

Marker installed: 2003

August 13, 1960 - December 13, 1985.

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.