Battle for Broxton Bridge

Return here for details of the March 2010 event.
Highway 601 South
Ehrhardt, SC

Join in the annual celebration of the Battle for Broxton Bridge and learn the
history of the battle for the Salkehatchie River where Union troops of Sherman's
march through the Carolinas skirmished with Confederate forces for Broxton Bridge
Ford on February 2, 1865. The event will be held at the original earthen fort
battle site on the Salkehatchie River built by Confederate forces in 1865.

Camps are open Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am-5:00pm.
Battle re-enactments are ___ pm daily.
One-day admission is:
9 years and under (___),
10-17 years ($___),
18 and older ($___)

For more information, call 803-625-3585 or 803-943-4865 after 6pm.

Broxton Bridge Plantation offers RV hook-ups and camp sites-for more information and reservations call 800-437-4868.

This event is hosted by Battery C, 32nd Georgia Artillery and 2nd Georgia Regiment Co. D, Burke Sharpshooters.
Sponsored by Salt Ketchers Chapter #6 of The Order of Confederate Rose.

Annual Event each March

•      DIRECTIONS:

	The Plantation entrance is on Highway 601, 19.7 miles south from the intersection of Highway 78.
	Broxton Bridge is on Hwy. 601 about 13 miles north of Hampton and about 5 miles south of Ehrhardt.  Coming from Walterboro it is about one mile south of the intersection of Hwy 641 and 601.  That's the intersection you cross to go to Rivers Bridge.

•      Also visit http://broxtonbridge.com/reenactment.htm

On the southern end of Broxton Bridge Plantation there is an old battleground, complete with all the breastworks, left over from the South's defenses on February 1, 1865. The northern army was in route from Savannah, Georgia, to Columbia, South Carolina, and the battles at Broxton Bridge and Rivers Bridge on the Salkehatchie River were the last big defensive effort for the Confederates before the battle at Columbia.

This plantation is now a Hunting Lodge and has a Bed & Breakfast and a Banquet Hall. Visit the website to find out more, and to see if rooms are still available for the weekend.

The Salt Ketchers Chapter is a support group
for Rivers Bridge SCV Camp #842.

 For more information about the Order of Confederate Rose,
please visit the South Carolina Society OCR pages.

 For more information about the Salt Ketchers Chapter of OCR,
please contact  withycombe@embarqmail.com