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Built with slave labor during 1861, the fort was to defend against a Union blockade of one of the south’s most important ports at Port Royal. [1] Fort Walker along with the Confederate Fort Beauregard on the opposite side of Port Royal Sound was the site of the Battle of Port Royal during November 1861.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) operates and maintains one welcome center and two rest areas along I-77. The welcome center, which has a travel information facility on site, is located in Fort Mill at milemarker 89 (southbound), and the rest areas are located in Richburg at milemarkers 65 (north and southbound) between exits 65 (SC 9) and 73 (SC 901).
It largely supplants the old U.S. Route 21 (US 21) between Cleveland, Ohio, and Columbia, South Carolina, as an important north–south corridor through the middle Appalachian Mountains. The southern terminus of I-77 is in Cayce, South Carolina , in Lexington County at the junction with I-26 . [ 2 ]
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [8] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston .
Edgefield–Greenwood county line south of Pittsburg: SC 246 south east of Ninety Six: 1942: 1947 SC 242 — — SC 243 near Fair Play: SC 24 / SC 181 near Oakway: 1940: 1947 SC 243: 8.380: 13.486 SC 59 / SC 182 in Fair Play: I-85 / SC 24 southeast of Townville: 1940: current SC 244 — — SC 24 in Townville
During the first year of the Civil War, on November 7, 1861, Union forces consisting of approximately 60 ships and 20,000 men under the command of Union Navy Captain Samuel F. DuPont and Army General Thomas W. Sherman attacked Confederate forces commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton (a local planter) defending Hilton Head Island at Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard.
U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a 146.130-mile (235.173 km) east–west United States highway that traverses through the South Carolina Lowcountry, from North Augusta to Hilton Head Island. Route description
SC 11 [5] Bohicket Road: Bohicket Road [6] Cowpens National Battlefield: SC 110 [7] Falling Waters: SC 107 [8] Fort Johnson Road: Fort Johnson Road [9] Hilton Head Highway: US 278 [10] James Edwin McTeer Bridge & the Causeways: US 21 / SC 802 [11] Long Point Road: Long Point Road [12] Mathis Ferry Road: Mathis Ferry Road [13] Old Sheldon Church ...