Courthouse Square

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Washington Street near Main Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1970

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.