Historical Marker
Brutontown
Historical marker location:
Greenville, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Rutherford Road and Old Paris Mountain Road on Rutherford Road.)
Marker installed: 2009
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.