Mark Powell's Palmetto Past & Present: The Angel Of Marye's Heights
Heroes, we are told, come in many shapes and forms. And that's true. Sometimes they wear a uniform. Which makes Memorial Day the perfect time to re...
Heroes, we are told, come in many shapes and forms. And that's true. Sometimes they wear a uniform. Which makes Memorial Day the perfect time to recall a hero all South Carolinians can be proud of. When the newly-formed 2nd South Carolina Infantry marched off from Camden for the War Between the States, Richard Rowland Kirkland went with it. Though he wouldn't turn eighteen for several months, he had enlisted before his older brothers. He was on that hot battlefield in Northern Virginia in July 1861when Stonewall Jackson earned his famous nickname .