M60A3 Main Battle Tank

Historical marker location:

225 Augusta Road, Edgefield, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Augusta Road (U.S. 25) and Youngblood Street, on the right when traveling south on Augusta Road.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.