Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg > State Monuments
The State of South Carolina monument is southwest of Gettysburg on West Confederate Avenue. (West Confederate Avenue – Part 5 tour map)
Almost 5,000 men from South Carolina served with the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg. Over 1,300 became casualties. (see the States at Gettysburg)
State of South Carolina monument at Gettysburg
The monument was designed by J.D. Hill of the Bruns Monumental Company of Columbia, South Carolina, who also designed the State of Florida monument at Gettysburg. It was dedicated on July 2nd, 1963.
From the front of monument
South Carolina
That men of honor might forever know
the responsibilities of freedom.
Dedicated South Carolinians stood
and were counted for their heritage
and convictions. Abiding faith in the
sacredness of States Rights provided
their creed. Here many earned
eternal glory.
Detail from the shaft of the monument
From the lower left of the front of the monument
First Army Corps, Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet;
McLaws Division, Kershaw’s Brigade,
Brig. Gen. J.B. Kershaw;
2nd South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Infantry
7th South Carolina Infantry
8th South Carolina Infantry
15th South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Battalion
Hood’s Division Artillery;
German Artillery, Palmetto Light Artillery
Artillery Reserve
Alexander’s Battalion, Brooks Artillery
From the lower right of the front of the monument:
Third Army Corps, Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill,
Pender’s Division, Lane’s Brigade
1st (PA) South Carolina Infantry
1st South Carolina Rifles
12th South Carolina Infantry
13th South Carolina Infantry
14th South Carolina Infantry
Artillery Reserve
Pegram’s Battery, Pee Dee Artillery
Cavalry, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart;
Hampton’s Brigade, Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton;
1st South Carolina Cavalry
2nd South Carolina Cavalry
Stuart Horse Artillery, Hart’s Artillery
At the base of the front of the monument is a line from “Ode at Magnolia Cemetery” by Henry Timrod, the “Poet Laureate of the Confederacy,”
“There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor lies, by mourning beauty crowned.”
Detail from the State of South Carolina monument at Gettysburg
Location of the South Carolina monument at Gettysburg
The State of South Carolina monument is south of Gettysburg on the west side of South Confederate Avenue. It is about 0.25 mile south of Millerstown Road. South Confederate Avenue is one way south bound at this point. (39°47’52.3″N 77°15’21.3″W)