Monument to the Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Monument to the Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Smith, W. P., sculptor.

Monument to the Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 1880. Relocated 1883.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 15 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. x 6 ft.

(On seal on front:) ANIMIS OPIBUQUE PARATI./DUM SPIRO SPERD SPES. (Front below seal:) ON FAME'S ETERNAL/CAMPING GROUND,/THEIR SILENT TENTS/ARE SPREAD;/AND GLORY GUARDS,/WITH SOLEMN ROUND,/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD./W. P. SMITH (On right:) CONQUERED THEY CAN/NEVER BE/WHOSE SPIRITS AND/WHOSE SOULS ARE FREE (On back:) TO PERPETUATE A GRATEFUL/REMEMBRANCE TO THE BRAVE/MEN OF DARLINGTON COUNTY,/WHO, AT THE CALL OF DUTY, EN-/TERED THE ARMIES OF THE SOUTH-/ERN CONFEDERACY AND LAID/DOWN THEIR LIVES IN A GLORIOUS/STRUGGLE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS/AND UPHOLD THE HONOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA,/AND OF HER SISTER/CONFEDERATES, THE MEMORIAL/STONE IS LOVINGLY ERECTED BY THE/WOMEN OF THEIR COUNTY, WHOSE/PRAYERS FOLLOWED THEM TO THE/BATTLEFIELD, AND IN WHOSE/MEMORIES THEY STILL LIVE (On left:) THEY NEVER FAIL WHO/DIE IN A GREAT CAUSE./WHILE THE TREE/OF FREEDOM'S WITHER'D/TRUNK PUTS FORTH A LEAF,/EVEN FOR THY TOMB A/GARLAND LET IT BE. signed

Rectangular monument on a three-tiered base, topped by a small pyramid. Inscriptions appear on each side of the monument.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Darlington

Administered by Darlington County, City Parks and Recreation, 300 Saunders Street, Darlington, South Carolina 29540

Located Public Square, Front of Darlington County Courthouse, Darlington, South Carolina

Formerly located St. John's School, Academy Green, Darlington, South Carolina 1880-ca. 1883

IAS files contain excepts from a book entitled "The Darlingtonian: A History of Darlington County," 1964, pg. 428-433, which provides historical information. Cost of the monument was $1,650 and it was a gift of the Memorial Association, previously the Monumental Association.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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