In the Confederate Army, the soldiers honored here were remembered as illustrating in death as in life the German devotion to duty. Beneath the monument repose the remains of John A. Wagener, born July 21, 1816, and died August 27, 1876. The German Artillery Company A, German Artillery Company B, the German Volunteers, Hampton Legion, and the German Hussars took part in battles and engagements including Morris Island, Port Royal, Cockpit Point, West Point, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Meyer's Farm, Frazer's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Battle of Manassas, Boonsboro Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Ogeechee, Coosawhatchie, Toogoodoo, Tulifinne, the siege of Charleston, and Fayetteville. The dead named from these units include Sergeant John C. Hahn, Private Willism Meitzler, Nic. Von Dohlen, Heinrich Wrede, Bernhard Olfers, Hermann Wrede, Heinrich Schroder, Fritz Kessler, Wm. Fischbeck, E.J.H. Hopcke, Michel Hoffmann, Isidor Phillips, Wm. Pilgrim, David W. Unger, Sergeant J.D.H. Wulbern, Private Heinrich Block, Heinrich Holway, Captain C. Nohrden, Sergeant J.D. Goetjen, Corporal J.C.L. Schroder, Private Wm. Bringeworth, C.F. Carlson, F.W. Bornemann, A. Hoberg, C. Grabau, H. Hencken, C. Hencken, Heinrich Harken, H.M. Howard, F. Itgen, J. Klee, C.H. Hencken, Claus Meyer, H. Fajon, J.W. Meyer, G. Peters, H. Seedorf, L. Windhorst, Lieutenant B. Meyerhoff, Sergeant M. Schroder, Private W. Kruger, H. Ackermann, Wm. Meyer, F. Meyerdierks, F. Tassaro, W. Leopold, H. Hasse, J.D. Law, H. Meyer, and others of the German Confederate units.
