Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Elected to represent the 3rd district on South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1853 to 1860. Keitt assisted fellow South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks in his 1856 attack on Republican Senator Charles Sumner. During the attack, Keitt brandished a pistol and cane to prevent other Senators from coming to Sumner's aid. He served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864 and died the following day in Richmond.
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Elected to represent the 3rd district on South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1853 to 1860. Keitt assisted fellow South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks in his 1856 attack on Republican Senator Charles Sumner. During the attack, Keitt brandished a pistol and cane to prevent other Senators from coming to Sumner's aid. He served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864 and died the following day in Richmond.
Bio by: Erik Lander
Inscription
Member:
US Congress 1852-1860.
S.C. Secession Convention 1860.
Provisional Congress 1861.
Co-Author and Signer of the
Constitution of the Confederate States.
Member Confederate States Congress 1861.
Colonel, 20th Regt. S.C. Vols, S.C.A. 1861-1864.
Killed in Battle, Cold Harbor, VA.
Family Members
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See more Keitt memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
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U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
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