Sumter Street

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

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

Marker installed: 1978

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.