City of Cayce offering history tours – Battle of Congaree Creek Tour is Saturday
June 4, 2021||Comments Off on City of Cayce offering history tours – Battle of Congaree Creek Tour is Saturday|NEWS
Learn about the history of Cayce on volunteer-led summer tours.
The tours are from June to September on Saturdays, starting at 10 a.m.
This Saturday (June 5) there will be an in-person Civil War Battlefield Tour detailing the Battle of Congaree Creek. It occurred as General William T. Sherman’s Union army arrived at Columbia’s doorstep. Come learn about the Union army’s strategy to attack and the Confederate army’s strategy to defend the earthworks along Congaree Creek.
The one-and-a-half-hour tour starts at the Cayce Tennis And Fitness Center at 1120 Fort Congaree Trail in Cayce, where free parking is available
There are also many other tours in Cayce off this summer.