Battle of Boykin's Mill

Battle of Boykin's Mill is a South Carolina historical marker in Boykin's Mill, Kershaw County, dedicated 1967.

Kershaw County · dedicated 1967 · S.C. Hwy. 261, Boykin's Mill, Boykin's Mill

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Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 white and negro Union troops left Georgetown April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden. Here on April 18, in one of the last engagements of the war, a small force of Confederate regulars and local Home Guard fought a defensive action which delayed their advance for a day.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by United Daughters of the Confederacy, Central District

Battle of Boykin's Mill

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