Civil War Charleston- Chapter 8- The Hunley and Charleston Cemeteries

Stop 1- The Visitor Center- 375 Meeting Street- previously covered in Chapter 1.

Stop 2- The Hunley- Warren Lesch Conservation Center- 1250 Supply Street. See separate post for Stop 2.

Stop 3- Magnolia Cemetery- 70 Cunnigham Avenue.

Soldiers Ground- 32.8161, -79.9441833 Link

Sons of Charleston Confederate Monument- 32.8158333, -79.9440667 Link

Reverend Charles Chichester grave- Captain Charleston Zouave Cadets.

South Carolina Generals Memorial- 32.8158333, -79.9443 Link

First cenotaph

Text from the photo below- General Officers P.A.C.S. From South Carolina. Killed or Died in Service, 1861-1865.
Brigadier Generals- Barnard E. Bee July 21, 1861; Adley H. Gladden April 12, 1862; J.B. Villepigue Nov. 9, 1862; Maxcy Gregg Dec. 13, 1862; Micah Jenkins May 6, 1864; Abner Perrin May 12, 1864; J. Johnston Pettigrew July 17, 1863; Major General W.H.T. Walker July 22, 1864.

Text from the photo below- Major Generals- D.R. Jones Jan. 19, 1863.
Brigadier Generals- Clement H. Stevens July 25, 1864; John Dunnovant
Oct. 1, 1864; States R. Gist Nov. 30, 1864.

Text from the photo below- Brigadier Generals- J.H. Trapiers Dec. 19, 1865; Steven Elliott, Jr. Feb. 21, 1866; N.G. Evans Nov. 23, 1868; L.T. Wigfall
Feb. 18, 1874; M.W. Gary Apr. 9, 1881; John S. Preston May 1, 1881; Z.C. Deas Mar. 6, 1882.

Text from the photo below: Brigadier Generals- James Cantey June 30, 1874; James Connor, June 26, 1883; James Chestnut Feb. 1, 1885; A.M. Manigault Aug. 17, 1886; R.S. Ripley March 29, 1887; M.L. Bonham Aug. 28, 1890; Thomas F. Drayton Feb. 18, 1891; J.D. Kennedy Apr. 13, 1895.

Second cenotaph

Text from the picture below- General Officers P.A.C.S. from South Carolina. Died Since the War. Lieutenant Generals: R.H. Anderson June 26, 1879; Wade Hampton April 11, 1902; James Longstreet Jan 2, 1904; Stephen D. Lee May 28, 1906.

Text from picture below- Major Generals- Ben Huger Dec. 7, 1877; D.H. Hill Sept. 25, 1889; J.B. Kershaw April 12, 1894; P.M.B. Young July 6, 1896; M.C. Butler April 14, 1909.

Text from picture below- Brigadier Generals- A.R. Lawton July 2, 1896; Samuel McGowan Aug. 9, 1897; Hamilton P. Bee Oct. 3, 1897; Johnson Hagood Jan. 4, 1898; John Bratton Jan. 12, 1898; Alpheus Baker May 23, 1891; Henry Gray Dec. 16, 1892; Thomas N. Waul July 28, 1903; Wm H. Wallace March 21, 1901; Ellison Capers April 22, 1908.

Text from the picture below- Officers P.N.C.S. From South Carolina. Killed or Died in Service 1861 – 1865 Lieutenants- T.B. Huger April 26, 1862; H.K. Stevens Jan. 15, 1863; Phillip Porcher March 10, 1864; T.P. Pelot June 9, 1864.

Defense of Charleston Harbor- 32.8158167, -79.9439667 Link

**Batteries-** Wagner, Gregg, Rutledge, Marion, Bee, Simkins, Marshall, Haskell,
Beauregard.

**Steven’s –** Iron Clad Battery, Floating Battery, Battery Lamar, Secessionville.

**Iron Clads**– Palmetto State, Chicora, Charleston, Columbia

**Forts – Sumter, Moultrie, Johnson, Pemberton.**

Confederate Seamen Memorial

The Hunley Memorial- 32.8159667, -79.94135 Link. All three crews of the Hunley are buried here. The third crew was buried on April 17, 2004 after the submarine was recovered.

Here rests the three crews who died while serving on the H L Hunley. On the right rear are the five from the first sinking on August 29, 1863. In the center are the eight from the second sinking on October 15 1863. On the left are the eight from the final voyage on February 17, 1864. All were buried with full military honors on this plot donated by William Gilmore Simms.

Here rests the first crew of the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley. Died August 23, 1863 near Fort Johnson on James Island. Reentered here on March 25, 2000.
Frank Doyle
Absolum Williams
John Kelley
Nicholas Davis
Michael Cane

Here rests the crew of the
Confederate Submarine **Hunley**
Died on October 15, 1863 when
making a practice dive in the harbor
Horace L. Hunley
Robert Brockbank
Joseph Patterson
Thomas W. Park
Charles McHugh
Henry Beard
John Marshall
Charles L. Sprague

Here rests the third crew and final crew of the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley. Died February 17, 1864 after sinking the USS Housatonic. The first successful act of submarine warfare. Buried here April 17 2004.
George Dixon
Arnold Becker
C. Lumpkin
Frank G. Collins
J.F. Carlsen
Miller
James A. Wicks
Joseph F. Ridgaway

R. Barnwell Rhett grave- South Carolina Attorney General in 1832, member of Congress 1837-1847, United States Senator 1850-1852, advocate of secession, member of the Confederate Provisional Congress.

Alfred Moore Rhett grave- Colonel in the Confederate Army, commanded Fort Sumter when it was unsuccessfully attacked by the monitor fleet, and until 1863, son of R. Barnwell Rhett, brother of R. Barnwell Rhett Jr. one time editor of the Charleston Mercuty.

General Micah Jenkins’ grave- 32.8162833, -79.9428167 Link. When the war began he organized the 5th SC and became its colonel. He fought at First Manassas and in the Peninsula Campaign. Jenkins was promoted to Brigadier General in July of 1862 and in the following month was wounded at Second Manassas. At the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, he was mortally wounded by his own men.

Micah Jenkins,
Brig. Gen. C.S.A. Born Dec. 1835 Edisto Island, S.C.
A graduate of the Citadel Academy with first honors. Killed at the head of his brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864. “Integer VitÆ”.
Erected to his memory by the Association of Citadel Graduates and other comrades
and friends.

Charleston Light Dragoons- 32.81725, -79.9434333 Link. During the Civil War the unit served along the coast protecting railroads. In 1864, the Dragoons were consolidated into the 4th SC Cavalry, Company K and sent to Virginia. They finished the war fighting in NC.

1861 – 1865 To The Heroic Dead.
James W. O’Hear, Lieut., J.Allen Miles, Sergt., Alfred Manigault, Corpl.
Charles E. Prioleac, Arthur Robinson
Privates
James Adger Jr. , Josiah Bedon, James L. Bee , J.H.W. Boone
Benjamin Bostick, James Creighton, W.R. Davis, W.H. Fairly
A.C. Frierson, T.G. Homes

To The Heroic Dead.
Privates
W.L. Kirkland, Thomas Lining, T.S. Marion, W.W. McLeod, F.K. Middleton
O.H. Middleton Jr., T.W. Mordecai Jr., Edward W. Nowell, J.J.A. O’Neill
A.B. Phillips, Percival P. Porcher, J.R.P. Pringle, Alex Robertson Jr.
Eber R. Robertson, Louis M. Van Der Horst

Cold Harbour, Louisa Court House, White House, Nance’s Shop, Sapony Church, Gravelly Run, Reams’ Station, Bellefield Station, Hatchers Run, Burgess Mill
Cantey’s Farm, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Pocotaglio, S.C.

Brigadier General Sabine Ripley’s grave- 32.8169333, -79.9453667 Link. Ripley started the war as a colonel and led SC forces into Fort Moultrie after it was evacuated. He was promoted to Brigadier General in August 1861. Ripley served in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Peninsula Campaign to Antietam, where he was wounded. He returned to active duty a year later in Charleston and served with the Army of the Tennessee after Charleston was evacuated in February of 1862.

Irish Volunteers- 32.81495, -79.9432 Link

To The Memory of the Dead of the **Irish Volunteers**
In the War of 1812 In the Florida War 1835
Co. C. Charleston Battalion Dept. So. Ca. Ga. & Fla 1862-1863
Co. K. 1st Regt. So. Ca. Vols., Army Northern Virginia, 1861 – 1865
Co. H 27th Regt. So. Ca. Vols., Army Northern Virginia, 1863 – 1865

Brigadier General James Conner’s grave- He volunteered as captain of the Washington Light Infantry in May 1861 and served with the Army of Northern Virginia until October 1864. Connor lost a leg at the Battle of Cedar Run on October 12, 1864.

Brigadier General Wilmot G. DeSaussure- He was appointed Brigadier General of State Militia in 1861, De Saussure led the 4th Brigade throughout the Civil War. He served on South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. In 1862, he was elected State Adjutant General and Inspector General of Militia.

Stop 4- Bethany Cemetery- 10 Cunningham Avenue. The German Light Artillery was formed from people of German descent living in Charleston in December 1860 where they occupied Fort Moultrie. In 1861 they were expanded and sent to Northern Virginia. Initially they were assigned to Wade Hampton’s Legion and subsequently reassigned to Longstreet’s Corps serving from the Peninsula Campaign through Gettysburg. Following Gettysburg they were reassigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida until near the end of the war. When Charleston was evacuated in February of 1865, they were incorporated into the Army of the Tennessee and fought at Averasboro and Bentonville.

Stop 5- St. Lawrence Cemetery- The monument is dedicated to Charleston soldiers of Irish descent that fought for the Confederacy. The Charleston Battalion, Company C was organized in 1862 and assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in 1862-1863. They fought at Secessionville and Battery Wagner before merging with other units to form Company H of the 27th SC. That unit was reassigned to the Army of Northern Virginia where it fought from Cold Harbor to Petersburg. After transfer to the Army of the Tennessee they surrendered in Durham, NC in April 1865.