Colonel Thomas M. Wagner - St. Michael's Cemetery - Charleston, SC
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N 32° 46.583 W 079° 55.829
17S E 600163 N 3627003
This broken column is located in the historic St. Michael's Cemetery located at 71 Broad Street in Charleston, SC.
Waymark Code: WMJAEY
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2013
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"Thomas M. Wagner (born ca. 1824, d. July 17, 1862) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was killed when a cannon exploded during an inspection at Fort Moultrie. The main fortification on Morris Island was subsequently named for him and was the site of the First and Second Battle of Fort Wagner.
Before the war, he was a South Carolina state senator and an executive of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad."
This broken column is located in the historic St. Michael's Cemetery. The inscription reads:
Sacred to the Memory of
Col. Thomas M. Wagner
Died July 17th, 1862
Aged 37 years and 24 days