Philip Simmons

Historical marker location:

901 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Richland Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2004

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.