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Soldiers Ground
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By Mike Stroud, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Soldiers Ground Marker | | |
Inscription. Appropriated by Magnolia Cemetery at the request of the Confederate Government for burial of those men who fought and died defending the cause. Among the fallen are 82 Confederate Soldiers that died on the battlefield at Gettysburg. In 1871, the Ladies Memorial Society arranged for these men to be removed from Rose's Farm, at Gettysburg, and re-interred here at Soldiers Ground.
Location. 32° 48.966′ N, 79° 56.651′ W. Marker is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. Marker is on Cunnington Avenue Loop, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: North Charleston SC 29405, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. South Carolina Generals Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Sons of Charleston Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Defense of Charleston Harbor Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Charleston Light Dragoons (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); H. L. Hunley Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Magnolia Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); H.M.S. Seraph (approx. 1.5 miles away); John P. Grace Tower (approx. 1.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in North Charleston.
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 2. Soldiers Ground Marker | | |
s. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Study markers for action in and around Rose's Farm
Also see . . .
1. Magnolia Cemetery Trust Charleston, SC. excerpt The City of the Silent (Submitted on November 3, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
2. Humanitarian Exhumation at the Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium. Maritime Research DivisionLegacy, Vol. 5, No. 1, June 2000, pp. 1, 4-7.
Twenty-six Confederate sailors and marines, and the remains of a three-year child, were carefully recovered from under the floor of the Johnson Hagood Stadium (Submitted on November 3, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Soldiers Ground , General Officers from S.C. killed Memorial | | Includes Barnard Bee, Maxcy Gregg, and J.J. Pettigrew | | |
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Soldiers Ground | Serg
D O McDuffie
Co I 8 SC Regt
CSA
July 3 1863
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Pvt
Thomas S Hampton
8 SC Reg
Co H
CSA
May 2 1839
Jul 2 1863
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 5. Soldiers Ground | Serg
Theodore A. Rhodes
Co H
1 SC Vols
CSA
Jul 2 1863
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 6. Soldiers Ground | Pvt
R M Love
Co G
2 SC Regt
CSA
Jul 2 1863
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 7. Soldiers Ground , Unknown Sailors - Confederate Navy | | |
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 8. Soldiers Ground , Headstone | [Masonic Emblem]
In Memory of
J. Morris Wampler,
Major C.S.A.
Was born in Baltimore,
May 3rd 1830.
Killed at his post
Chief Engineer Bat. Wagner
Augt. 17th 1863. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 9. Soldiers Ground Defence of Charleston Harbor - Ironclads Memorial | | Palmetto State, Chicora, Charleston, and Columbia | | |
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By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009 | |
| | | 10. Soldiers Ground , Forts in Defence of Charleston Harbor Memorial | | Forts Sumter, Moultrie, Johnson, Pemberton | | |
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By Mike Stroud | |
| | | 11. Soldiers Ground , nearby, The H.L. Hunley Memorial | | |
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| Credits. This page originally submitted on November 3, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 90 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Submitted on November 3, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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