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The Slaughter Pen Farm – The Walking Trail
Te trail begins on the other side of the buildings behind the house. None of the buildings date to the Civil War.
From the marker:
The Slaughter Pen Farm
The Walking Trail
Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust’s Slaughter Pen Farm Battlefield. Here starts a 1¾ mile walking tour. Wayside exhibits provide information and orientation along the way. Allow at least 90 minutes if you plan to walk the entire trail.
Please stay on the marked trails throughout your visit, keep your pets on leashes and watch for ticks and other wildlife. There are no restrooms or drinking facilities along the trail. We hope you have a meaningful and enjoyable visit here at the Slaughter Pen Farm. For more information about this and other sites saved by CWPT, please visit www.civilwar.org.
“Beyond the road was a plowed field, now trampled into mud, the winter stubble crushed into it by hoofs of straining horses and heavy wheels of cannon and the slogging feet of hundreds of men.”
– Lt. Abner Small, 16th Maine Infantry, USA
“We were posted on a chain of hills…. I could see fully half the whole Yankee army, reserves and all. It was a grand sight seeing them come in position this morning.”
– “Ben,” Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery, CSA
From the caption to the map on the bottom left:
This 1¾ mile trail focuses primarily on the attack of Union Gen. John Gibbon’s division.
