North Carolina

North Carolina (HM2AU)

Location: Walterboro, MD 29488 Colleton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 28.053', W 77° 37.075'

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(Front Side):
In Memory of the North Carolinians who fought at or near here September 14, 1862. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 23rd, 30th Infantry and Manly's and Reilly's Battery, 1st NC Artillery.

General D.H. Hill was in command of the Confederates with elements of Longstreet's Corps arriving in the afternoon. The fighting here at Fox's Gap saw one of the few instances of actual hand-to-hand combat of the war. The 13th NC was totally surrounded after the mortal wounding of Brig. Gen. Samuel Garland just a few yards from here. Two days after the battle, 58 Confederate dead were dumped down the well of Daniel Wise located NW. In 1874, they were reinterred in Hagerstown, MD.

(Back Side):
"Driven back from the front, the enemy falling back through Wise's garden, were met by out line coming up from the rear in the flank, and a terrific fight ensued. The color bearer of a Confederate regiment jumped up on the rear wall of the garden, and defiantly waving his flag, refused the many calls to surrender which he received, was shot and fell inside the garden wall. Private Hoagland of my company jumped over the fence and secured the flag. Lt. Col. Coleman of the 11th, who was present, and who had called upon the man to surrender, ordered Hoagland to deliver the flag to him, and afterwards claimed credit of its capture."
R.B. Wilson, 12th Ohio
Letter to Gen. E.A. Carmen, Antietam Board
July 22, 1889
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HM NumberHM2AU
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Year Placed2003
Placed ByThe Living History Association of Mecklenburg, Inc. (NC) and the Central Maryland Heritage League
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 5:48pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 274794 N 4371934
Decimal Degrees39.46755000, -77.61791667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 28.053', W 77° 37.075'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 28' 3.18" N, 77° 37' 4.50" W
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Area Code(s)803, 843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1465-2043 Appalachian Trail, Walterboro MD 29488, US
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