Grave General John A. Wagener

On Bethany Cemetery is the grave of General John A. Wagener. At the commencement of the American Civil War, he was commander of the First Artillery Regiment. Ordered to defend Port Royal harbor, they built Fort Walker on Hilton Head island and defended it on 7 November 1861, until their gunpowder ran out.
After the war he was the forty-third mayor of Charleston, from 1871 to 1873.

"In
The Confederate Army
the Soldiers
Whom this Monument
Commemorates
Illustrated in Death as in Life
The German's Devotion to Duty

Beneath this monument, repose
the remains of
John A. Wagener
Born July 21 1816, Died August 27 1876
Names of Battles and Engagements in which either the German Artillery Company A, the German Artillery Company B, The German Volunteers, Hampton Legion, or the German Hussars Participated.
Morris Island S.C.
Second Battle of Manassas VA.
Port Royal S.C.
Boonsboro Gap MD
Cockpit Point VA
Sharpsburg MD
Seige of Charleston S.C.
Fredericksburg VA
West Point VA
Suffolk VA
Mechanicsville VA
Gettysburg PA
Gaines Mill VA
Ogeechee GA
Meyer's Farm VA
Coosawhachie S.C.
Frazer's Farm VA
Toogodoo S.C.
Malvern Hill VA
Tulifinne S.C.
Fayetteville N.C."

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward