5 Medals of Honor and a sitting duck

It’s the greatest Lowcountry Civil War story you’ve never heard. Five federal troops were bestowed the Medal of Honor for a single engagement on the Ashepoo River in Colleton County, S.C.. On Saturday -- 153 years later -- that heroism was recognized with the dedication of a marker near the scene, on today’s Bennetts Point Road off U.S. 17. • Article