From a walk in the old side of Magnolia.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Magnolia Cemetery
Category Archives: Cemetery
1816 – 1884
A little weather worn, actually a lot.
This person lived in a most interesting time in history.
When born Charleston was the wealthiest city in the new US. However, they also witnessed the civil war which ravaged Charleston, also a large fire which burned the town. Somewhere in there was a yellow fever outbreak.
Maybe 2020 wasn’t so bad after all.
Found On A Walk, Charleston
Something new in every small corner in the old cemeteries.
Magnolia, Soldiers Ground
Found on a walk.
Snowy Egret, Monochrome
A Snowy sits in a large old oak in a cemetery.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Off In A Corner
Multiple types of the old military head stones.
At Rest
An interesting find.
Found On A Walk, How Have I Missed This
His last words;
“I willingly give my life for South Carolina; Oh that I could have died for Ireland.”
John Mitchell, commander of Confederacy artillery, on Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor. Killed July 20, 1864.
After the southern militia captured Fort Sumter to start the US Civil War they occupied it. Union ships arrived eventually to blockade the city and bombard the fort and town through much of the war.
Below both an Irish flag and CSA iron grave marker can be found.
I have walked past this spot many times but never noticed the shapes marked in stone slabs.
The monument (above) is inside a plot designed to copy the shape of Fort Sumter.
This is close to the Charleston marshlands and you can see the old ‘Receiving Tomb’ in the upper right corner.
Never know what you find on a walk.
Charleston, South Carolina.