William Maxwell Poe Plaza

Historical marker location:

Clemson, South Carolina

( Marker is on Williamson Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Billy "Tweet" Poe. Clemson Class of 1946.

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.