In 1876 men from nearby communities reburied the Confederate dead from Rivers Bridge in a mass grave about a mile from the battlefield and began a tradition of annually commemorating the battle. The Rivers Bridge Memorial Association eventually obtained the battlefield and in 1945 turned the site over to South Carolina for a state park.[4]
^McCorkle, Norman; Linda Lake (August 21, 1970). "Rivers Bridge State Park"(PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^Bell, Daniel. "Rivers Bridge, Battle of". South Carolina Encyclopedia. University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies. Retrieved 3 February 2017.