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South Carolina

Dillon Road
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29926
Website: www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6801

Fort Howell is an earthen fort constructed in 1864 by the Union during their occupation of Hilton Head Island. Its purpose was to protect the freedman's village, Mitchelville, from attack.

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