6 mi. SW of Ehrhardt, Ehrhardt, South Carolina. County/parish: Bamberg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 23, 1972. NRIS 72001187.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, also known as Rivers Bridge State Park, located near Ehrhardt, a small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, is the site of an important Civil War battle. 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118997110