Near Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter
During the Bombardment
| | April 12-14, 1861 | |
Photographed by Craig Swain, May 3, 2010
1. The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter Marker
1932
In memory of the Garrison
Defending Fort Sumter
during the bombardment
April 12-14, 1861
Major Robert Anderson
First U.S. Artillery
commanding
Captain John G. Foster
1st Lieut. George W. Snyder
2nd Lieut. Richard K. Meade
Medical Department
Asst. Surg. Samuel W. Crawford
1st U.S. Artillery
Captain Abner Doubleday
1st Lieut. Jefferson C. Davis
1st Lieut. Truman Seymour
2nd Lieut. Norman J. Hall
Ordnance Sgt. James Kearney
Q.M. Sgt. Willaim H. Hamner
Band
Sgt. James E. Gallway
Corp. Andrew Smith
Pvt. Patrick Murphy
Pvt. Tedeschi Onoratto
Pvt. Peter Rice
Pvt. Henry Schmidt
Pvt. John Urquhart
Pvt. Andrew Wickstrom
Company E
1st Sgt. Eugene Scheibner
Sgt. Thomas Kirnan
Sgt. James Chester
Corp. Owen McGuire
Corp. Francis J. Oakes
Corp. Charles Bringhurst
Corp. Henry Ellerbrook
Musician Charles Hall
Artificer Philip Andermann
Artificer John Emil Noack
Privates
Cornelius Baker
Thomas Carroll
Patrick Clancy
John Davis
James Digdam
George Fielding
Edward Gallway
James Gibbons
James Hays
Daniel Hough
John Irwin
James McDonald
Samuel Miller
John Newport
George Pinchard
Frank Rivers
Lewis Schroeder
Carl A. Sellmann
John Thompson
Charles H. Tozer
William Witzmann
Company H
1st Sgt. John Renehan
Sgt. James McMahon
Sgt. John Carmody
Sgt. John Otto
Corp. Christopher Costolan
Musician Robert Foster
Artificer Henry Strandt
Privates
Edward Brady
Barney Cain
John Doran
Dennis Johnson
John Kehoe
John Klein
John Lanagan
John Laroche
Frederick Lintner
John McGill
Frederick Meier
James Moore
William Morter
Patrick Neilan
John Nixon
Michael O'Donald
Robert Roe
William Walker
Joseph Wall
Edward Walsh
Henry R. Walter
Herman Will
Thomas Wishnouski
Caspar Wutterrel
Hospital Steward
Edward Wetfieldt
Matron
Ann Amella Weitfeildt
Erected 1932
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1805.
Location. 32° 45.136′ N, 79° 52.497′ W. Marker is near Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It can be reached from the Fort Sumter Ferry Terminal. Located at Fort Sumter National Monument and only reached by boat. See links below for more information about access to the site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston SC 29412, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Historic Charleston and in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gorge Wall (here,
Photographed by Craig Swain, May 3, 2010
2. The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter Monument
Another marker is no longer nearby. Morris Island (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . Battle of Fort Sumter, April 1861. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on March 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2013
3. The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 4,363 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3. submitted on August 17, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
