Horry County · Marker 26-04

Fort Randall

intersection of N. Myrtle Point Blvd. & U.S. Hwy. 17

Front inscription

Located about 5 miles E. of here, this Confederate fort included a blockhouse pierced for musketry and earthworks surrounded by a ditch about 10 ft. broad and 5 ft. deep. The fort was captured Jan. 1863 by U.S. Navy Lt. Wm. B. Cushing and twenty-five men while looking for blockade-runner pilots. Cushing held the fort briefly until his supply of ammunition was exhausted.

County
Horry
Region
Pee Dee
City or vicinity
North Myrtle Beach
Year approved
1976
Erected by
Horry County Historic Preservation Commission
Coordinates
33.845, -78.654717

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