Ninety Six National Historic Site — Attraction in Greenwood

Ninety Six, South Carolina, is the historic American Revolution battleground where The Siege of Ninety Six took place, in 1781. In 1778, the British started their second attempt to take the South by assaulting Savannah, Georgia. By 1780 they had taken Charleston, South Carolina. The British seemed unstoppable but they were in for a surprise.

In this battle, Americans loyal to the British Crown fought the American Patriots who were fighting for their freedom from the crown. You can almost feel yourself step through a time portal as you stroll through this historic property. This is a beautifully majestic yet sobering place. As you stroll the easy 1 mile route, you can see the remnants of the British Star Fort as well as the elaborate trenching the Patriots dug to get close enough to launch their attack.  If you squint your eyes just so, your mind’s eye can only imagine the mayhem that occurred here so long ago.

The beautifully restored and historically accurate Logan House sits near the park’s Visitors Center.  A peek through the window makes you realize how hard Colonial American life must have been. The Visitors Center provides a lot of interesting background information, a 20 minute movie, many artifacts, a plethora of gifts,  cold water and air conditioned restrooms.

The park offers many special events, children's interactive nature and history classes as well as historical reenactments and various antique weapon demonstrations.

This is a very interesting, well preserved historical landmark, one of South Carolina’s many.  If you are ever in the area, this site is definitely worth a couple hours of your time. Additionally, this is a wonderful teaching site, allowing children and adults to flash back to the past, if only for a...

I am a travel writer for National Park Planner and I visited Ninety Six National Historic Site in September, 2013. The park gets its name from a town that no longer exists, having been burned down during the American Revolution. However, the town’s history goes back long before the war. It began in the mid-1700s as a major Indian trading post, played a part in the Indian Wars of 1760-1762, and saw two Revolutionary War battles, including the first land battle in the southern colonies.

Today, the main attractions at Ninety-Six are the American Revolution battlefield, the Star Fort and the Stockade Fort (reconstructed), hiking trails on remnants of the original roads that lead to Charleston and to the Cherokee Indian Village of Keowee, the historic site of the town, which was burned after the second battle, and fishing at the Star Fort Pond on select days.

A 1-mile, paved walking trail takes visitors to all the points of interest on the battlefield. There are plenty of information panels along the trail, complete with diagrams of how the battle played out, so it is easy for the visitor to picture how the battle took place.

I do not recommend visiting the park unless the Visitor Center is open, as this is the place to learn something about the town and the battle before venturing out to see the historic areas. Without this knowledge, you have no idea as to what you are looking at or why it is important. If, on the other hand, you are just coming out to hike the trails and get some exercise, come at any time.

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I have great and not so great memories of this place. I grew up in Gilbert, South Carolina. I went to Gilbert Elementary School, and in fourth grade we went on a field trip to 96. As an eight year old, I was extremely excited. History was my favorite subject, Indiana Jones was my hero, and I just got a brand new Swiss army knife two days before the field trip. I remember we came upon the site of the siege of 96, and our tour leader pulled out a musket ball and showed us what it look like. He continued to tell us, that where we were standing, there were still musket balls that were never found. After we ate lunch we got to walk around in groups. The group that I was in got to where the guy was standing and that told us about the musket balls that were never found. This was my time to shine, or so I thought. I pulled out my brand new Swiss army knife, pulled out the little saw blade, and started digging. I probably dug about a 12"x12"x12" and I found it! I actually found a musket ball! I ran to my teachers and the people that led the tour, yelling, "I found a musket ball!!!!!!!" I thought I was going to be famous for finding a piece of history, but I actually got in huge trouble and almost suspended/expelled school. But I still...