Historical Marker
From Pasture to Park
Historical marker location:
4001 Chesnee Hwy, Gaffney, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Battleground Tour Road, 0.8 miles east of McGinnis Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Cowpens National Battlefield.
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.