3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Marker

3rd Regiment South Carolina Infantry
Commander
Col. James B. Mance

This monument is Not visible from the road. It is located at N 34° 55.6211  W 85° 16.1949. Map it



To reach this monument:
This monument the 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment is located in the northwest section of the Chickamauga National Military Park, along a ridge called Snodgrass Hill, more specially on Hill #2 of Horseshoe Ridge. To view this historical marker drive to the parking area on Snodgrass Hill, proceed westward on foot, along the southern crest of the ridge for a little more than 0.1 of a mile, to Hill #2, near the southern edge of the clearing, just inside of the woods, along a trail in front of the 35th Ohio Infantry Monument.

There are 15 monuments nearby.

Kershaw's South Carolina Brigade Marker (MT-1347) (a few steps from this marker) ; 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Marker (MT-1340) (about 112 feet away) ; 3rd Battalion South Carolina Infantry Marker (MT-1348) (about 140 feet away) ; 35th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-987) (about 171 feet away) ; Kershaw’s Brigade Tablet (MT-1183) (about 209 feet away) ; McLaw’s Division – Longstreet’s Corps Tablet (MT-1108) (about 210 feet away) ; VanDerveer’s Brigade Tablet (MT-646) (about 216 feet away) ; Preston’s Division Tablet (MT-1113) (about 240 feet away) ; Close of the Battle (MT-426) (about 272 feet away) ; 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-901) (about 307 feet away) ; Defense of Snodgrass Hill (about 324 feet away) ; E. Kings Brigade (Detachment) Tablet (MT-607) (about 332 feet away) ; 74th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker (MT-829) (about 348 feet away) ; 87th Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-848) (about 374 feet away) ; Brannan's Division Tablet (MT-498-99) (about 376 feet away) . Map all of the Monuments on the battlefield.

Snodgrass Hill / Hill #2 of Horseshoe Ridge

This monument is recorded in the National Park Service database as structure MT-1350.

This marker to the 3rd Regiment South Carolina Infantry Regiment was sponsored by the state of South Carolina in 1901. The marker is a simple, rectangular, rock-faced block mounted on a rock-faced base, 3' wide x 2' high x 1.5' deep, with a smooth-faced area on the top that carries an inscription. It marks regiment's position on September 20, 1863.

Allegiance: Confederate
Type: Marker
Level: Regiment
Military Arm: Infantry

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