Location : Magnolia Cemetary Charleston, South Carolina
Date & Time : August 22, 2020
Secession Camp #4 Sons of Confederate Veterans periodically meets at different cemeteries and our members work hard fixing, cleaning up, adding to the landscaping, and maintaining all Confederate soldiers graves.
Everyone who wants to help is invited. You do not have to be an SCV member to volunteer and help us keeping and making Chareslton South Carolina prime tourist attractions as beautiful as can be.
We meet to enjoy our time, work hard, however, we make it an event to serve food and drinks and use all our rescuers to add to the beauty of the gardens, cemeteries, and Charleston SC parks with Confederate symbols and confederate statues and monuments.
Our primary goal is to honor the good name of all Confederate soldiers. At the same time, we are enhancing and adding to the beauty of our beloved city, encouraging tourism, aiding the local economy, and serving our community in different ways.
Magnolia Cemetary Confederate History and Historical Facts
The oldest public cemetery in Charleston founded 1849 on the banks of the Cooper River, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the final resting place for generations of Southern leaders that include governors Thomas Bennett, Langdon Cheves, Horace L. Hunley, and Robert Barnwell Rhett. The hundreds of Confederate soldiers buried here include five generals – Micah Jenkins, Arthur Manigault, Roswell Ripley, James Conner, and C.H. Stevens.
From prominent statesmen and Confederate soldiers to famous authors and prestigious Charleston families, the cemetery happens to be the final resting place of many notable figures. … Civil War buffs will also find more than 1,700 graves — both marked and unmarked — of Confederate soldiers in Magnolia Cemetery.
It is the final resting place for generations of Southern leaders that include governors Thomas Bennett, Langdon Cheves, Horace L. Hunley, and Robert Barnwell Rhett. The hundreds of Confederate soldiers buried here include five generals – Micah Jenkins, Arthur Manigault, Roswell Ripley, James Conner, and C.H. Stevens.