Richard Thomas, President of the Friends of Honey Hill Battlefield, Inc (link) and Dr. Stephen Wise, Director of the Museum and Cultural Resource Manager for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC, were kind enough to take me on a private tour of the Honey Hill Battlefield. Pictures from the tour are shown below. You can contact the Friends of Honey Hill at their link above regarding arranging a tour or check their Facebook page to see when their next open house is, otherwise the fort is closed to the public.

Boyd’s Landing- Union forces came ashore in this area (private property protected by two very large dogs).

We were met at the landing by two large dogs, one of which enjoyed a swim as we admired the view.

Road from the landing- the original wartime road the Federals traveled on (private property).

First Baptist Church- this church is not the wartime church but it is on property that is close to where Union troops turned right onto Grahamville Road from the River Road.

The wooded area below about a mile and a half from the battlefield park was set on fire to delay the Union advance.

Signs outside the gate of the preserved part of the battlefield

Entrance

First stop- Junction of the Grahamville Road and the Woods Road, #1 in the figure below.

Second stop the Woods Road and the rice dike, #2 in the figure below.

We returned to the junction of the Woods Road with the Grahamville Road and turned right toward the Confederate works. We stopped short of the redoubt which was located at the wartime Grahamville Road and walked toward the Confederate earthworks, #3 in the figure below.

Crossing the creek

The images below were taken in front of the redoubt which has been nicely cleared, A in the figure below. An observational platform has also been created which can be seen in some of the images.

Pictures from the interior of the redoubt, B in the figure below.

Following the eastern wall to the north.

There is an opening, C in the figure below, where the redoubt wall turns west and is facing north.

The interior side of the north facing wall, D in the figure below.

Walking back along the outside of the north facing wall to the angle, E to C in the figure below.

From the angle walking back toward the observation platform, C to B in the figure below while inside the redoubt.

Trench line continues north, F in the figure below.

The trench line continues for a half mile to a second redoubt, B in the figure below.

The second redoubt was inaccessible at the time we went due to dense vegetation. The Friends of Honey Hill have plans to further interpret the battlefield with signage and a future visitor center and I’m looking forward to returning. They have made remarkable progress recently.