Huger Street

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) and Huger Street (U.S. 321), on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street.)

Marker installed: 1977

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.