German Volunteers Memorial - Charleston, SC - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

Atop this memorial is a bronze figure in full uniform with his right hand shielding his gaze from the sun. His left hand is on a scabbarded sword. On the ground is the debris of war - a broken wagon wheel, a shell for a cannon. Four bronze tablets appear on the granite shaft of the memorial:

(North face)
In
The Confederate Army
the Soldiers
Whom this Monument
Commemorates
Illustrated in Death as in Life
The German's Devotion to Duty

Beneath this monument, repose
the remains of
John A. Wagener,
Born July 21, 1816, Died August 27, 1876

(South face)
Names of Battles and Engagements,
in which either the German Artillery-
Company A, the German Artillery
Company B, The German Volunteers,
Hampton Legion, or the German
Hussers Participated.
                                                          

Morris Island, S.C.	Second Battle of Manassas VA.
Port Royal, S.C.	Boonsboro Gap, MD.
Cockpit Point, VA.	Sharpsburg, MD.
Seige of Charleston, S.C.	Fredericksburg, VA.
West Point, VA.	Suffolk, VA.
Mechanicsville, VA.	Gettysburg, PA.
Gaines' Mill, VA.	Ogeechee, GA.
Meyer's Farm, VA.	Coosawhatchie, S.C.
Frazer's Farm, VA.	Toogoodoo, S.C.
Malvern Hill, VA.	Tulifinne, S.C.
Fayetteville      N.C.

(West face)
German Volunteers German Hussars
Hampton Legion C.S.A.
C.S.A.

Sergeant John C. Hahn	Sergeant J.D.H. Wulbern
Private Willism Meitzler	Private Heinrich Block
" Nic. Von Dohlen	" Heinrich Wrede
" Hermann Wrede	" Heinrich Schroder
" Fritz Kessler	" Wm. Fischbeck
" E.J.H. Hopcke
" Michel Hoffmann
" Isidor Phillips
" Wm. Pilgrim
" David W. Unger

(East face)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

German Artillery	German Artillery
Company A- C.S.A.	Company B- C.S.A.
Captain C.Nohrden	Lieutenant B. Meyerhoff
Sergeant J.D. Goetjen	Sergeant M. Schroder
Corporal J.C.L. Schroder	Private Wm. Bringeworth
"         C.F. Carlson	"         F.W. Bornemann
Private  A. Hoberg	"         C. Grabau
"         W. Kruger	"         H. Hencken
"         H. Ackermann	"         C. Hencken
"         Wm. Meyer	"         Heinrich Harken
"         F. Meyerdierks	"         H.M. Howard
"         F. Tassaro	"         F. Itgen
"         W. Leopold	"         J. Klee
"         H. Hasse	"         J.D. Law
"         C.H. Hencken	"         Claus Meyer
"         H. Fajon	"         H. Meyer
	"         J.W. Meyer
	"         G. Peters
	"         H. Seedorf
	"         L. Windhorst

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: German Volunteers Memorial Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown Materials used: Statue - Bronze Column - granite Plaques - Bronze Location: Cemetery

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