Richland County · Marker 40-127
Skirmish at Killian's Mill
Killian Rd., near its intersection with Farrow Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 555), Killian, Blythewood vicinity
Front inscription
On February 18, 1865, the day after Federals under Gen. W.T. Sherman occupied Columbia, Gen. Frank Blair ordered units of his XVII Corps to destroy railroad tracks north of the city. Portions of Gen. M.C. Butler’s Confederate cavalry division, including the 4th, 5th, & 6th S.C. Cavalry, fought a rear-guard action with Blair at nearby Killian’s Mill, then withdrew toward Winnsboro.