Charleston Light Dragoons Marker

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North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Charleston Light Dragoons

By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009

1. Charleston Light Dragoons Marker

Inscription. (West face)

CLD
1861 - 1865
To The Heroic Dead.
James W. O'Hear, Lieut.
J.Allen Miles, Sergt.
Alfred Manigault, Corpl.
Charles E. Prioleac "
Arthur Robinson "
Privates
James Adger Jr.
Josiah Bedon
James L. Bee
J.H.W. Boone
Benjamin Bostick
James Creighton
W.R. Davis
W.H. Fairly
A.C. Frierson
T.G. Homes
Charleston Light Dragoons

(South face)

To The Heroic Dead.
Privates
W.L. Kirkland
Thomas Lining
T.S. Marion
W.W. McLeod
F.K. Middleton
O.H. Middleton Jr.
T.W. Mordecai Jr.
Edward W. Nowell
J.J.A. O'Neill
A.B. Phillips
Percival P. Porcher
J.R.P. Pringle
Alex Robertson Jr.
Eber R. Robinson
Louis M. Van Der Horst
Trevilian's Station, Va.

(North face)

" And how can man die better
than facing fearful odds.
For the ashes of his fathers,
and the temples of his Gods."
Hawes Shop, Va.

(East face)

Cold Harbour
Louisa Court House
White House
Nance's Shop
Saponey Church
Gravelly Run
Reams' Station
Bellefield Station
Hatchers

Charleston Light Dragoons , west face Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, October 4, 2009

2. Charleston Light Dragoons , west face

Run
Burgess Mill
Cantey's Farm
Fayetteville
Bentonville
Pocotaligo, S.C.

Location. 32° 49.035′ N, 79° 56.606′ W. Marker is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. Marker is on Cunnington Avenue Loop. Click for map. Located East of Huguenin Street at Magnolia Cemetery. 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. Soldiers Ground (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Defense of Charleston Harbor Memorial (about 500 feet away); Sons of Charleston Confederate Monument (about 600 feet away); South Carolina Generals Memorial (about 600 feet away); H. L. Hunley Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Magnolia Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); H.M.S. Seraph (approx. 1.6 miles away); John P. Grace Tower (approx. 1.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in North Charleston.

More about this marker. The author of the verse on the north face is Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay.

Also see . . . The War for Southern Independence ,. South Carolina • 4th Cavalry Regiment • Company K • The Charleston Light Dragoons (Submitted on November 8, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)