Union Garrison Monument at Fort Sumter National Monument in November 2004
Battleground Inventory Data
- Contributor:
- Bias, Mark (Mark's Photo (Huntington, WV)) Photographer
- Contributor:
- NPS Office of the Chief Information Officer. National Information Systems Center. Information Services Division Sponsor
- Publisher:
- U.S. National Park Service
- Is Part Of:
- Civil War Heritage Digital Collection
- Is Part Of:
- Civil War Heritage Assets Digital Collection
- Is Part Of:
- Civil War Monuments and Markers Digital Collection
- Note:
- Garrison Monument is an 8' tall granite monument situated in a flagstone plaza in the southeast corner of the parade. It features a two-course 6'x3'-5" base and a rectangular granite block bearing the names of those garrisoned at the Fort.
- Note:
- The Union Garrison Monument is significant at the local level because of its association with commemorative activity at Fort Sumter.
- Subject:
- Union monuments and markers
- Subject:
- Siege of Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12-14, 1861
- Subject:
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Park Name:
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
- Place:
- South Carolina -- Charleston Harbor -- Fort Sumter National Monument
Lat: 32.7523000
Long: -79.8749900
- Park code:
- FOSU
- Summary:
- The Union Garrison Monument is significant at the local level under NR Criterion A because of its association with commemorative activity at Fort Sumter.
- Related To:
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
