The monument to Hagood’s South Carolina Brigade is at Stop One of the Petersburg National Battlefield Western Front Auto Tour. It is on the west side of Halifax Road south of Flank Road. (see map)

The Battle of Globe Tavern

The Battle of Globe Tavern was fought here on August 18-21, 1864, before the fortifications of Fort Wadsworth were constructed. The three day battle began when Federal forces arrived and began to demolish the railroad. Confederate troops responded, and the fighting went back and forth. A flank attack by Mahone’s division smashed Crawford’s Federals on August 20, but Union troops reestablished a line.

On August 21 two Confederate divisions were launched against the Union front and left flank.

The attack failed due to faulty intelligence. Union troops had pulled back to a new line during the night and entrenched. Hagood’s Brigade thought it would be attacking an unfortified and lightly held line. Instead it broke out of the woods and found itself crossing an open field with large numbers of entrenched Federals on the far side. Worse, the line was concave at that point, so that as the South Carolinians advanced they came under fire from three sides.

Hagood’s men reached the Federal works but were unable to break through. Less than half made it back from the charge. The Confederates withdrew into their works that evening, leaving the Federals in permanent possession of the Weldon Railroad.

From the front of the monument

Hagood’s Brigade

Here
a brigade
composed of the
7th battalion,
the 11th, 21st, 25th
and 27th regiments
South Carolina
Volunteers,
commanded by
Brig. Gen. Johnson
Hagood,
charged Warren’s
Federal Army Corps,
on the 21st day of
August 1864,
taking into the fight
740 men,
retiring with 273.
———————————–
No prouder fate than
theirs who gave
their lives to
liberty.

From the rear of the monument

Placed here by Wm. V. Izlar, a
survivor of the charge, aided
by other South Carolinians.