Nance Plaza

Historical marker location:

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

( Marker is on North Kings Highway (Business U.S. 17) near Main Street (U.S. 501), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.