A state historical marker denotes the general site where a South Carolina civilian, Adam Cusack, was hanged by the British during the Revolutionary War. As British troops moved through the region burning the homes of Patriot sympathizers, Cusack refused to allow British officers to use the ferry he operated at Society Hill. He was executed in retaliation.

Located on private property overlooking Winyah Bay, Battery White is a large Confederate earthen fortification constructed during the Civil War to protect Georgetown and the surrounding rice plantations. It was captured by Federal forces near war's end.

Located on Black Mingo Creek in Williamsburg County, this site is a major stop on the Francis Marion Trail. Here, Brigadier General Francis Marion defeated a larger force of Loyalist militia during the Revolutionary War in the style of guerrilla warfare that made him famous as the "Swamp Fox of the Revolution".

The site of a Revolutionary War battle, Blue Savannah is located on the eastern rim of Marion County in the Little Pee Dee River flood plain. It is noted by a historical marker on the eastbound lane of U.S. 501 west of Gallivants Ferry.

"The Showboat" of World War II, the battleship USS North Carolina is permanently berthed in Wilmington Harbor, restored as a World War II museum, and is short drive from the Grand Strand.

Encompassing much of downtown Bennettsville, the Bennettsville Historic District includes historic homes, churches and public buildings. Among them is the Marlboro County Historic Museum and a historic home that was commandeered by Northern troops during the Civil War.

Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens is a restored plantation from the Colonial and Antebellum periods of South Carolina history. Although the manor house is modern, the brick slave cottages date from the time when Boone Hall was a working rice plantation.

Historic Bull Island and the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge offer a unique combination of South Carolina history and natural history. Bull Island was frequented by the pirates of the Colonial Era, by British sailors in the Revolution, and Northern troops in the Civil War. Ferry transportation and tours may be arranged through Refuge headquarters.

Charles Towne Landing was the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Carolina province. Approximately 148 colonists, including men, women and children, landed at Albemarle Point the first Wednesday in April 1670.

The oldest museum in the United States, the Charleston Museum was established in 1773. Its numerous exhibits, displays and artifacts survey South Carolina's rich history and culture.

Located in Latta, the Dillon County Museum features a wide range of displays and artifacts related to local history, including a restored railroad caboose with a collection of railroad artifacts.

Site of a major Civil War prison camp, the Florence Stockade Trail and Memorial Park is adjacent to Florence National Cemetery, which began as a cemetery for Northern prisoners-of-war who died at Florence Stockade. The National Cemetery's original facility contains the graves of more than 2,800 Northern soldiers, and the nearby Florence Stockade Trail and Memorial Park provides historic displays and a walking path through the site of the Civil War prison.

Civil War era fortification, now a museum and marine education center and aquarium.

The historic site where the American Civil War began, Fort Sumter is located on a small island in Charleston harbor and may be reached only by boat (the map link is for the ferry from the Charleston waterfront). Nearby Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island is part of Fort Sumter National Historic Monument and is the Revolutionary War site where South Carolina earned its name as the Palmetto State.

The visible remains of the fort the British built on top of a Native-American mound on the banks of the Santee river is situated here. Marion laid siege on Fort Watson in April 1781, when one of his subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Maham, proposed building a tower under the cover of night from which they fired direct rifle fire into the fort.