Magnolia Cemetery
Charleston, South Carolina
"In memory of the sons of Charleston
who fell around her walls
who sleep on many battlefields
in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Lousiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina
and who lie in distant graves around
their Northern prisons
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These died for their state
Buried at Magnolia are 2,200 Civil War veterans - that includes five Confederate generals and 14 signers of the Ordinance of Secession. "The Confederate connection probably attracts the most people, because there are so many buried here from that era," A special Confederate section contains more than 1,700 graves of the known and unknown. One reads, simply, "Unknown, Three Bodies, Fort Sumter." Here, too, are 84 bodies of South Carolinians who fell at Gettysburg and were reinterred at Magnolia. (Credit: http://southerngraves.i-found-it.net/cemeteries/magnoliacemetery.html)
That would be an interesting cemetery to meander through. The size of those cannons is quite impressive.
ReplyDeleteAre you going back at night? I bet its haunted. Dash for Beads is a Mardi Gras themed race, and lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteA very somber place.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragic waste of humanity.
ReplyDeleteHow come they only have Cannons in Charleston and no NIkkons?
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of so many terrible things, one of which is how, for many southerners, the Civil War lives on!
ReplyDeleteA place of sad memories.
ReplyDeleteWith head lowered in respect, I sing "Dixie"!
ReplyDeleteSad sad times in our history....
ReplyDeleteI understand that Jefferson Davis was one of the few Confederates who foresaw the terrible loss of life the Civil War would bring. There was almost a festive air in Charleston when firing began on Fort Sumpter.
ReplyDeleteKay, I am trying to respond to your comments but my own "reply" does not work so here it is: I am now reading Team of Rivals, which is an excellent book about Lincoln and his cabinet by Doris Kearns Goodwin, who was a consultant on the Lincoln movie. It is a huge book and I'm just up to 1850, but if I'm interpreting it correctly, members of his cabinet (altho rivals for the Presidency, were many politicians that opposed slavery...so I am supposing that there were among them with visions of the terrible toll on the union of the North and South and the loss of life.)
ReplyDeleteMade me cry when I saw this and also really brings home the reality of the Civil War. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKate, the "Reply" doesn't work for me either. I commented regarding the Confederacy in particular since you're in Charleston and the Civil War's first shots were at Ft. Sumpter. Interesting coincidence: I'm also reading Team of Rivals.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. I would love to read Team of Rivals but I can only imagine how long it will take me to read it.
ReplyDeleteThe most awful thing, for a soldier to end in an 'unknown person' grave, too sad for words.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely cemetery, isn't it? I never get tired of it.
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