The Union Attack on Bluffton, S.C.: Destruction

From Wikipedia.

After the Union victory at Port Royal on November 7, 1861, Confederate forces retreated to Bluffton, on the mainland, from Hilton Head Island.  From Bluffton, Confederates could easily keep watch on the Union activities.

In late May 1863, Union General David Hunter ordered the destruction of Bluffton.  This was carried out June 4, 1863.  Around two-thirds of Bluffton's approximately sixty structures were destroyed. Only the town's two churches and fifteen family dwellings remained after the attack.

--Old B-Runner