Camp Moore

Historical marker location:

Pine Ridge, South Carolina

( Marker is on Fish Hatchery Road (State Highway 32-73), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.