Beaufort, South Carolina

Beaufort Kayak Tours

St. Helena's Episcopal Church & Cemetery

The parish was founded in 1712 but the original church was not completed until 1724 construction being interrupted due to the Yemassee War. Following the Union occupation of Beaufort in the Fall of 1861, the church interior was gutted and turned into a hospital for Union soldiers. St. Helena’

The Rhett House Inn

The Rhett House Inn dates to 1820

Beaufort National Cemetery

With the National Cemetery Act of 1863 Abraham Lincoln established this cemetery for soldiers who died in the Civil War. Of the 7,500 Civil War soldiers buried here, 117 are Confederate. In the 1870s the Union Soldiers monument was erected to honor the 174

Fort Frederick

Now a part of the grounds of the Naval Hospital, ruins remain of an old tabby fort built by the British in 1732 for protection against the Spanish, French and Indians. It was abandoned in 1758