Otterson's Fort

Historical marker location:

Union, South Carolina

( Marker is on Whitmire Highway (U.S. 176) north of Beatty's Bridge Road.)

Marker installed: 1957

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.