Photo of the Halfway Swamp
Bucky Wall

Halfway Swamp

A sawmill operated in Halfway Swamp until 1945, when the local power company appropriated some of the Elliot family’s land to build Lake Marion. Now the Elliots’ descendants rent boats for touring the adjacent cypress swamp that served as the setting for the December 1781 skirmish between Patriot commander Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox,” and British Major Robert McLeroth.

Halfway Swamp: What's Nearby

Pinewood, SC
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Berkeley County Museum
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South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum
Columbia, SC
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Edisto, South Carolina (SC-49)
Edisto Island, SC
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Camden, South Carolina (SC-48)
Camden, SC
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Lafayette Tour Marker, North Charleston, South Carolina (SC-172)
North Charleston, SC
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The H.L. Hunley Project and Submarine Tours
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Old Exchange and Provosts Dungeon
Charleston, SC
Fort
Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC
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Battery 5, James Island New Lines
Charleston, SC
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Lamar Historic Preserve
Charleston, SC
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Cheraw, South Carolina (SC-15)
Cheraw, SC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC-144)
Beaufort, SC
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Augusta. Georgia (GA-155)
Augusta, GA
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Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
Hilton Head Island, SC

Related Battles

Halfway Swamp
Battle Facts
Pinewood, SC | December 12, 1781
Result: British Victory
Estimated Casualties
345
American
12
British
333
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