Fort Dorchester
Inscription
A brick powder magazine enclosed by a tabby wall eight feet high was built here in 1757. During the Revolution, Dorchester was a strategic point. In 1775 the magazine was fortified and the garrison commanded by Capt. Francis Marion. British troops occupied the town in April 1780. They were driven out by cavalry and infantry under Col. Wade Hampton and Gen. Nathanael Greene on December 1, 1781.
Erected in 1963 by S.C. State Commission of Forestry, Division of State Parks
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More markers in Dorchester
Old Dorchester
Summerville, SC
Laid out in 1697 as a market town for the Congregationalist colony from Dorchester, Mass.
Middleton Place/Arthur Middleton
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