Coosawhatchie, South Carolina
Coordinates: 32°26′N 81°01′W / 32.433°N 81.017°W
Coosawhatchie (koos-uh-HATCH-ee) is an unincorporated community located in Jasper County, South Carolina at the northern head of the Broad River. It served as the headquarters for General Robert E. Lee during the early part of the American Civil War. It is accessible from Interstate 95 via Exit 28.
The area derives its name from its original inhabitants, the Coosaw band of Native Americans and their word for river, hatchie. A sub-group of the Muskogees, they spoke a mixture of the Muskogee and Koasati languages. Located on the King's Highway that stretched from Boston to Charleston, Coosawhatchie was settled by trappers in the 1740s. The town grew around a store owned by rice planter brothers, Henry and Daniel DeSaussure. During the Revolutionary War, much of the town was burned by British troops in 1779. It became the seat of Beaufort District in 1788.
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