Hearth and Home

Historical marker location:

Gaffney, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of New Pleasant Road (State Highway S-11-58) and State Highway S-11-22, on the right when traveling north.)

Cowpens National Battlefield.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.