South Carolina Monument, Averasboro Battlefield, North Carolina
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showbizkid
N 35° 15.835 W 078° 40.375
17S E 711685 N 3904793
A monument placed at Averasboro Battlefield by the state of South Carolina to honor the Confederate South Carolina troops who fought at the battle.
Waymark Code: WMH7Y
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2006
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This marker was dedicated just a few days after the 100th anniversary of the the Battle of Averasboro, the second to the last major battle of the Civil War. Several other monuments are nearby and so is the Chicora Cemetery where unknown soldiers from South Carolina are buried in trench graves. The marker reads:
ON THIS FIELD MARCH 15-16
1865, MEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA
STOOD WITH MEN OF OTHER
SOUTHERN STATES AND
FOUGHT BLOODILY AND
BRAVELY FOR THEIR BELIEFS
AND WAY OF LIFE. IN DOING
SO THEY WROTE THEIR
NAMES IN IMPERISHABLE
LETTERS IN THE BOOK OF
GLORYThe reverse side is the inscription for the South Carolina Confederate War Centennial Commission, who installed the monument.
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