SC-32-5 Shelling of Columbia

Marker text: SHELLING OF COLUMBIA

Prior to the capture of Columbia by Gen. William T. Sherman, Federal artillery shelled the city on February 16, 1865, from the batteries on this hill and in the road at this end of the Congaree River bridge. Shots were fired at the Arsenal (site of the Governor's Mansion) and the State House, which still bears scars of the bombardment.

Erected by Lexington County Historical Society, 1964