This tree witnessed one of America’s bloodiest battles. Now it’s fighting to survive
- A massive live oak that stood on a South Carolina battlefield during one of the Revolutionary War’s bloodiest clashes is now fighting a battle of its own — against the decades-old measures once designed to save it.
- The scarred oak at Eutaw Springs is believed to be nearly 300 years old.
- Arborists estimate it was about 50 when American and British forces fought around it on Sept.
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- A massive live oak that stood on a South Carolina battlefield during one of the Revolutionary War’s bloodiest clashes is now fighting a battle of its own — against the decades-old measures once designed to save it.
- The scarred oak at Eutaw Springs is believed to be nearly 300 years old.
- Arborists estimate it was about 50 when American and British forces fought around it on Sept.
Sources: The Independent