Soldiers Monument
This monument was built of brick, having in shallow recesses in the base of the crowning pyramid marble tablets bearing the following inscriptions:
East Side - "On the 18th of June, 1812, the United States of America declared was against Great Britian. At the first sound of the trumpet the patriot soldiers who sleep beneath this monument flew to the standard of Liberty. Here they fell beneath the scythe of Death. The sympathies of the brave, the tears of the stranger, and the slow dirge of the camp attended them to the tomb.
"'How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
With all their country's wishes blest.
The laurel leaf of shining green
Will still around their tomb be seen.'"
West Side - "Sacred to the memory of Sergeant Truman Goodrich and
Adam C. Spencer. Also of David Arant, William Rutland, John Williams, William McLellan, Henry Kilgore, John Taylor, John Bruce, and Harris Lancaster Private Soldiers of the Third Regiment of State Troops
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When Benson John Lossing visited the spot a few years before the late war, the tablets were much defaced by the effects of bullets which had been fired at them for the sport of some young men of Charleston. Benson states--It was sad to see such evidences of utter carelessness of the memory of those whom another and better generation had delighted to honor.
At yet there was testimony not far off--just across a broad channel--that respect for a really great man, though ranked in history as a savage, was not wanting. Benson referred to "Osceola" the celebrated Seminole warrior.
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The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812 by
Benson John Lossing Published 1896
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Contributed by: Bev & BluMoKitty
This monument was built of brick, having in shallow recesses in the base of the crowning pyramid marble tablets bearing the following inscriptions:
East Side - "On the 18th of June, 1812, the United States of America declared was against Great Britian. At the first sound of the trumpet the patriot soldiers who sleep beneath this monument flew to the standard of Liberty. Here they fell beneath the scythe of Death. The sympathies of the brave, the tears of the stranger, and the slow dirge of the camp attended them to the tomb.
"'How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
With all their country's wishes blest.
The laurel leaf of shining green
Will still around their tomb be seen.'"
West Side - "Sacred to the memory of Sergeant Truman Goodrich and
Adam C. Spencer. Also of David Arant, William Rutland, John Williams, William McLellan, Henry Kilgore, John Taylor, John Bruce, and Harris Lancaster Private Soldiers of the Third Regiment of State Troops
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Benson John Lossing visited the spot a few years before the late war, the tablets were much defaced by the effects of bullets which had been fired at them for the sport of some young men of Charleston. Benson states--It was sad to see such evidences of utter carelessness of the memory of those whom another and better generation had delighted to honor.
At yet there was testimony not far off--just across a broad channel--that respect for a really great man, though ranked in history as a savage, was not wanting. Benson referred to "Osceola" the celebrated Seminole warrior.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812 by
Benson John Lossing Published 1896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributed by: Bev & BluMoKitty
Soldiers Monument
This monument was built of brick, having in shallow recesses in the base of the crowning pyramid marble tablets bearing the following inscriptions:
East Side - "On the 18th of June, 1812, the United States of America declared was against Great Britian. At the first sound of the trumpet the patriot soldiers who sleep beneath this monument flew to the standard of Liberty. Here they fell beneath the scythe of Death. The sympathies of the brave, the tears of the stranger, and the slow dirge of the camp attended them to the tomb.
"'How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
With all their country's wishes blest.
The laurel leaf of shining green
Will still around their tomb be seen.'"
West Side - "Sacred to the memory of Sergeant Truman Goodrich and
Adam C. Spencer. Also of David Arant, William Rutland, John Williams, William McLellan, Henry Kilgore, John Taylor, John Bruce, and Harris Lancaster Private Soldiers of the Third Regiment of State Troops
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Benson John Lossing visited the spot a few years before the late war, the tablets were much defaced by the effects of bullets which had been fired at them for the sport of some young men of Charleston. Benson states--It was sad to see such evidences of utter carelessness of the memory of those whom another and better generation had delighted to honor.
At yet there was testimony not far off--just across a broad channel--that respect for a really great man, though ranked in history as a savage, was not wanting. Benson referred to "Osceola" the celebrated Seminole warrior.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812 by
Benson John Lossing Published 1896
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributed by: Bev & BluMoKitty
This monument was built of brick, having in shallow recesses in the base of the crowning pyramid marble tablets bearing the following inscriptions:
East Side - "On the 18th of June, 1812, the United States of America declared was against Great Britian. At the first sound of the trumpet the patriot soldiers who sleep beneath this monument flew to the standard of Liberty. Here they fell beneath the scythe of Death. The sympathies of the brave, the tears of the stranger, and the slow dirge of the camp attended them to the tomb.
"'How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
With all their country's wishes blest.
The laurel leaf of shining green
Will still around their tomb be seen.'"
West Side - "Sacred to the memory of Sergeant Truman Goodrich and
Adam C. Spencer. Also of David Arant, William Rutland, John Williams, William McLellan, Henry Kilgore, John Taylor, John Bruce, and Harris Lancaster Private Soldiers of the Third Regiment of State Troops
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Benson John Lossing visited the spot a few years before the late war, the tablets were much defaced by the effects of bullets which had been fired at them for the sport of some young men of Charleston. Benson states--It was sad to see such evidences of utter carelessness of the memory of those whom another and better generation had delighted to honor.
At yet there was testimony not far off--just across a broad channel--that respect for a really great man, though ranked in history as a savage, was not wanting. Benson referred to "Osceola" the celebrated Seminole warrior.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812 by
Benson John Lossing Published 1896
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Contributed by: Bev & BluMoKitty
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