Rivers Bridge State Park, Civil War battlefield site in Bamberg County, South Carolina, US

Rivers Bridge State Park is a South Carolina state park near Ehrhardt, in Bamberg County, on the site of a Civil War battle. Confederate earthworks remain along the Salkahatchie River, and a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield holds the Confederate dead reburied there in 1876. The park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.

Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, near Ehrhardt in Bamberg County, preserves the ground where General William T. Sherman's army engaged Confederate forces in February 1865 during its advance from Savannah. After two days of fighting, Sherman outflanked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw. In 1876 men from nearby communities reburied the Confederate dead in a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield, beginning an annual commemoration; the Rivers Bridge Memorial Association later acquired the battlefield and transferred it to South Carolina in 1945.

In 1876, residents of nearby communities reburied the Confederate dead from Rivers Bridge in a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield and began an annual commemoration of the battle. The Rivers Bridge Memorial Association later acquired the battlefield and transferred it to South Carolina in 1945.

The site lies near Ehrhardt in Bamberg County, reached by secondary roads, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The battlefield and the mass grave about a mile away are separate points, so plan to move between them. Grounds are self-guided; check current opening hours with South Carolina State Parks before setting out.

In 1876, men from nearby communities reburied the Confederate dead in a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield, starting an annual commemoration that the Rivers Bridge Memorial Association kept up before it gave the site to South Carolina in 1945.