Editing Yemassee, South Carolina (section)

==History==
The town takes its name from the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe of the same name, the [[Yamasee]], which was the most important Indian ally of South Carolina until the [[Yamasee War]] of 1715. The first attack that began the Yamasee War occurred in the Yamasee town of Pocotaligo, today part of the town of Yemassee.

The site of the present town is surrounded by both [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary]] and [[American Civil War|Civil War]] sites. The remains of Civil War field fortifications can be observed along [[U.S. Route 21|U.S. 21]] and [[U.S. Route 17 Alternate (South Carolina)|17A]] between Yemassee and Pocotaligo (that section of highway is now a part of Yemassee, as the town has now greatly expanded into Beaufort County. Within the town limits are three historical plantations including Bindon, Cotton Hall, and Tomotley, with the latter two annexed into the town in 2021.

[[William Gilmore Simms]] published the novel ''The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina'' in the 19th century, and the [[University of South Carolina]] in Columbia publishes a literary journal titled [[Yemassee (journal)|''Yemassee'']].
 
The Yemassee Train Depot was the final stop for Marine Corps Recruits to Parris Island for much of the 19th and 20th centuries.