3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Marker

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

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

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) ; 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-901) (about 307 feet away) ; Defense of Snodgrass Hill (about 324 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) ; 7th South Carolina Infantry Marker (MT-1351) (about 388 feet away) ; 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (US Vols) Marker (MT-865) (about 413 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.

This page originally submitted by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, GA, on July 26, 2018. This page has been viewed 9 time(s) since then. This page has been updated 0 time(s) since then. BG Hooks was the editor who published this page on July 28, 2018. Photos: 1, 2, 3 were submitted on 07/26/2018 by Byron Hooks.