Camp Saxton Site

Camp Saxton Site
Nearest city Port Royal, South Carolina
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1862
NRHP Reference # 94001581[1]
Added to NRHP February 2, 1995

The Camp Saxton Site is a 6-acre (24,000 m2) property located in Port Royal, South Carolina.[2] It was listed in the National Register Historic Places on February 2, 1995.[2] Situated along the Beaufort River, it is bounded on the east by the river, on the west by the United States Naval Hospital Beaufort complex, on the north by the boat basin off the Beaufort River and on the south by the ruins of the Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve.[2][3]

The site contains an intact portion of the U.S. Union Army camp occupied from early November 1862 to late January 1863 by the 1st South Carolina Volunteers.[2] The camp was the site of the Emancipation Proclamation ceremonies on January 1, 1863.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Camp Saxton Site, Beaufort County (United States Naval Hospital Beaufort, Port Royal)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  3. ↑ Power, J. Tracy; Charles M. Wright (November 1, 1994). "Camp Saxton Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2012.


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