Secessionville

Secessionville. . , The Battle of Secessionville, fought here on 16 June 1862, broke the Union advance through James Island against Charleston and was the most significant battle of the Civil War in South Carolina., Confederate troops under Col. Thomas G. Lamar defended simple unfinished earthwork later enlarged and named Fort Lamar, which sat in the narrow end of a funnel-shaped strip of high ground flanked by tidal creeks and marsh. Union troops under Henry W. Benham launched several assaults against the earthwork which anchored the eastern end of the Confederate line, but were repulsed with heavy casualties and soon evacuated James Island altogether a few days later., A total of 683 Federals and 204 Confederates were killed, wounded or captured. Of these totals, 107 Federals and 52 Confederates lost their lives on this battlefield. Walk softly on this hallowed ground., Left Side of Monument: Confederates , 47th Georgia Infantry , 51st Georgia Infantry , 4th Louisiana Battalion , 1st South Carolina Infantry , (Hagood’s Regiment) , 22nd South Carolina Infantry , 24th South Carolina Infantry , 25th South Carolina Infantry , (Eutaw Regiment) , 1st South Carolina Battalion , (Charleston Battalion) , 9th South Carolina Battalion , (Pee Dee Battalion) , 1st South Carolina Artillery , Boyce’s Light Battery South Carolina Artillery , (MacBeth Light Artillery). , Back of Monument: , This monument was erected by the Washington Light Infantry on the 10th day of May 2003, in memory of its members who served in companies A and B of the Eutaw Regiment.2nd Lt. Richard W. Greer , Sgt. Fleetwood Lanneau, Jr. , Pvt. Thomas N. Gadsen, Jr. , Pvt. Samuel Salters , Pvt. John L. Sheppard , Pvt. John H. Taverner. , Right side Federals , 6th Connecticut Infantry , 7th Connecticut Infantry , 28th Massachusetts Infantry , 8th Michigan Infantry , 3rd New Hampshire Infantry , 46th New York Infantry , 47th New York Infantry , 79th New York Infantry , 45th Pennsylvania Infantry , 76th Pennsylvania Infantry , 97th Pennsylvania Infantry , 100th Pennsylvania Infantry , 1st New York Engineers , 3rd United States Artillery , 1st Connecticut Light Artillery , 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery , 1st Massachusetts Cavalry.