Enroute West to Reorganize the Confederacy
NATION FORD
Original trestle completed 1852
by Charlotte & South Carolina R. R.
on the site of ancient crossing
known as the Nation Form.
Burning by Federals April 19, 1865,
touched off sharp battle with Southern forces
which resulted in Union retreat.
Trestle rebuilt after ward.
Washed away by the flood on July 17, 1916,
rebuilt in present form.
Traditional site of the Battle of Liberty Hill,
last conflict
between Catawba and Cherokee Indians.
Sumter camped here July, 1780.
Cornwallis here 1780.
President Jefferson Davis crossed April 27, 1865,
enroute west to reorganize the Confederacy.
Erected by the
York County Historical Society and the Southern Railway System
1959
Submitted by Linda Nutman.