All Saints Parish (1767) / All Saints, Waccamaw

Historical marker location:

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

( Marker is on Kings River Road (Local Route 22-255) north of Waverly Road (Local Route 22-449), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.