Colonel R.T. Jaynes

Historical marker location:

70 Short Street, Walhalla, South Carolina

( Marker is on Short Street, on the right when traveling east.)

(1862-1950).

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.