Old ‘Soldiers Ground’

Old ‘Soldiers Ground’

Soldiers Ground; I’m not sure where the name came from. I think it was a description once and it slowly became the unofficial name. It certainly fits.

The upper end of the Charleston peninsula had a small plantation and wetlands. When the church graveyards filled the area became a place of cemeteries. The Confederate States government established the grounds on Umbra Plantation and Magnolia Cemetery for military burials during the Civil War, in 1871 the Ladies Memorial Society took possession.

Old ‘Soldiers Ground’
Old ‘Soldiers Ground’

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