Kershaw County · Marker 28-06

Battle of Boykin's Mill

S.C. Hwy. 261, Boykin's Mill

Front inscription

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.

County
Kershaw

Region
Midlands

City or vicinity
Boykin's Mill

Year approved
1967

Erected by
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Central District

Coordinates
34.130733, -80.5809

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