of South Carolina's public universities, renamed its main hall in Tillman's honor. Only after events in 2015, when a white supremacist named Dylann Roof murdered nine black church members during their prayer service, did Clemson vote to distance themselves from Tillman's "campaign of terror." In 2020, trustees of the university asked to rename the hall. Fate of the town After these events, many blacks left Hamburg and it began to decline once more. After a 1911 flood, Augusta began construction of a river levee, but Hamburg was left unprotected. Disastrous floods in 1927 and following seasons finally forced out the last residents in 1929. In the 21st century, no visible remains exist of the former town of Hamburg, and it is largely covered by a golf course. See also List of massacres in South Carolina References External links "Official Report of the Battle of Hamburg", Attorney General of South Carolina, 1876. Accessed March 2015 Further reading Chapter XIX - 307-330. Section VI - pages 221-254. Chapter VIII - pages 122-156. Chapter 8 - 173-207 Report of the official U.S. Senate investigation 1876 murders in the United States 1876 in South Carolina 1876 riots July 1876 events Massacres in 1876 History of African-American civil rights White American riots in the United States Militia in the United States Riots and civil disorder during the Reconstruction Era Massacres in the United States Murder in South Carolina Riots and civil disorder in South Carolina Racially motivated violence against African Americans African-American history of South Carolina Aiken County, South Carolina Benjamin Tillman Edgefield County, South Carolina History of racism in South Carolina