Lexington County · Marker 32-05
Shelling of Columbia
Sunset Blvd. (U.S. Hwy. 378), at its intersection with N. Lucas St., West Columbia
Front inscription
Prior to the capture of Columbia by Gen. William T. Sherman, Federal artillery shelled the city on February 16, 1865, from 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.