The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-02
IN HONOR OF HAeooDs BRIGADE
Shaft Erected on Virginia Battlefield
by Col. IzIar of oranaebura

by Col. IzIar of Orangeburg
Within the last week a beautiful
monument to commemorate the
brillian charge made on Sunday, the
21st day of August, 1864, by Hagood's
brigade of South Carolina, on the
earthwerks near the Weldon railroad,
held by Warren's cofps, has been
erected by Col. William V. Izlar, a
citizen and prominent business man
of Orangeburg, S. c., aided by other
South Carolinians.
The monument, the work of our
townsman, Mr.. Charles NJ. Walsh,
made of Dinwiddie granite, stands
nine and half feet high, with base
five feet square. On it's east side,
fronting the Halifax road, is the fol-
lowing inscription, briefly telling the
story of the charge:
Here a brigade composed of the
9TH battalion, the 18th, 21st, 25th and
9th regiments, South Carolina Vol
unteers, commanded by Brig. Gen.
Johnson Hagood, charged Warren's
Federal corps on the 21st day of Au-
gust, 1864, taking into the fight TAG
men, returning with 272. No prouder
fate than theirs who gave their lives
to liberty"
On the opposite or west side of the
die is a 15-inch bronze shield of the
state of South Carolina.
On the four sides of the base of the
monument are inscriptions, that on
the east side being as follows: "Ha-
goods Brigade"
On the north side are the letters,
&C. S. A"
On the south side are the letters,
"a. N. ""
On the rear or west side of the base
is the following inscription, telling
the history of the monument: ''Plac-
ed here by William V. Izlar, a survivor
of the charge, aided by other South
Carolinians."
Col. Izlar was a lieutenant in one of
the companies of the 25tb regiment
of South Carolina Volunteers, with a
record for gallantry. His present title
was given him by a staff officer of one
of the governors of South Carolina.
He is entitled to the credit of success
in his work of love in erecting this
handsome tribute to his comrade
The land upon which this monu-
ment stands, square of fifteen feet,
about fifty feet from the Halifax road,
with a right of way from the road to
the monument, was generously donat- |
ed by northern lady, whose husband |
was a Federal soldier. Col. Izlar, by
a deed Of the same date with that by |
which the land was donated, conveyed |
the land and monument to Governor
Swanson and his successors in office, |
the deed reciting that the grant is !
made with the belief that, by reason !
Of the fraternal ties that bind the |
of Virginia and the
of South Carolina, the
land and monument will be held as a |
sacred trust.
The handsome act of a northern
lady, now living in Virginia, in donat-
ing part of her land for the cree
ion of the monument and the donors |
the land and monument to
he governor Of Virginia, are interest |
ing incidents in me history of the |
full of beautiful sentiment. /
The charge of Hagood's brigade.
by this monument,
made upon the Federal forces occupy
ng the breastworks at and near Fort
WadswOrth, about two and a half
miles south of Petersburg, and one
IF the best preserved forts around the
city, was one of the most brilliant in
he history of the war.-Petersburg
VA Cor. Columbia State.