NRHP Reference # 72001187 Phone +1 803-267-3675 Added to NRHP 23 February 1972 | Area 158 ha Year built 1865 | |
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Nearest city Ehrhardt, South Carolina Architectural style Other, Earthern Breastworks Address 325 State Park Rd, Ehrhardt, SC 29081, USA Similar Lake Warren State Park, Rivers Bridge State Park, Broxton Bridge Plantation, Ehrhardt, Ehrhardt Town Hall | ||
A look at rivers bridge state historic site
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, also known as Rivers Bridge State Park, located near Ehrhardt, a small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, is noteworthy as an important Civil War historic site. It is in this area that General William T. Sherman engaged the Confederate Army on his advance from Savannah, and after two days of battle, outflanked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw. River Bridge State Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
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Tour of rivers bridge state historic site with john white park manager
Mass Grave
In 1876 men from nearby communities reburied the Confederate dead from Rivers Bridge in a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield and began a tradition of annually commemorating the battle. The Rivers Bridge Memorial Association eventually obtained the battlefield and in 1945 turned the site over to South Carolina for a state park.