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

Irish Volunteers

1801 1878

 
 
Irish Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011
1. Irish Volunteers Marker
Inscription.
To The Memory of the Dead
of the
Irish Volunteers
In the War of 1812
In the Florida War 1835
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Co. C. Charleston Battalion
Dept. So. Ca. Ga. & Fla 1862-1863

Co. K. 1st Regt. So. Ca. Vols.
Army Northern Virginia
1861 - 1865

Co. H 27th Regt. So. Ca. Vols.
Army Northern Virginia
1863 - 1865

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War of 1812War, US CivilWars, US Indian.
 
Location. 32° 48.897′ N, 79° 56.592′ W. Memorial is in North Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on Huguenin Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Located South of Cunnington Avenue approx. 400 yards East of Huguenin Avenue, in St. Lawrence Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: North Charleston SC 29405, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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: Defense of Charleston Harbor Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sons of Charleston Confederate Monument (about 400 feet away); South Carolina Generals Memorial (about 500 feet away); Jenkins (about 500 feet away); Soldiers Ground (about 500 feet away); H. L. Hunley Memorial (about 700 feet away); Charleston Light Dragoons (approx. 0.2 miles away);
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Brig. Gen. R. S. Ripley (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Charleston.
 
Irish Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 27, 2011
2. Irish Volunteers Marker
Irish Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 27, 2011
3. Irish Volunteers Marker
Irish Volunteers Marker, Bas Relief detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 27, 2011
4. Irish Volunteers Marker, Bas Relief detail
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,363 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
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