Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Miller, Ferdinand von, II, 1842-1929, sculptor.

Holmes, James G., designer.

Heath & Roberts, founder.

Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Monument to Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 5 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 18 x 12 x 12 ft.

HEATH & ROBERTS, COLUMBIA, S.C. (On front of base, on large bronze plaque with arched top:) In Memory/of the sons of Charleston/who/fell around her walls;/who/sleep on many battlefields/in/Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,/Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia,/Louisiana, Mississippi, and/North Carolina/and who/lie in distant graves around/their Northern prisons./These died for their state. (On front of monument, possibly on rectangular plaque:) Testimonial of Ladies Memorial Association/to its founder and first president/Mary Amarinthia/Snowden,/Died/23rd/Feb./1898./We chant no requiem where she's sleeping nor cry "Alas!"/with sorrow's breath, we send our triumph song to heaven,/and this its music - faithful unto death. E. B. Cheesborough/Designed by James G. Holmes (On smaller rectangular plaque on front of base, beneath a palm branch:) Wade Hampton (On smallest plaque on front of base:) Heath & Roberts/Columbia/S. C. (On plaque on side of base, over medallion:) In Memoriam

(On plaque on side of base, in outer border of medallion:) The Confederate States of America: 22 February 1869 * Deo Vindice * (On plaque on other side of base, on medallion:) Sumter/1864 (On plaque on back of base:) This Bronze/preserves the memory/of the/Heroic Dead/from/every part of Carolina,/and from/her sister states of the South,/who fell/in the defence (sic) of this city./In proud and grateful remembrance/of their devotion, constancy and valour;/who against overwhelming odds/by sea and by land/kept Charleston virgin and invincible/to the last Founder's mark appears.

Figure of soldier holding arms surmounts base which holds plaques with images and text. Rectangular plaque on front of base depicts a great arm coming down to earth from the clouds to drop flowers on a graveyard. A palmetto tree grows behind the graves, which are on the left side of the image. The grave markers are inscribed with names and dates. On the right side of the image is a funeral urn with the inscription: Sabel S. Snowdon/Feb 20th/1881. Plaque on one side of base features a stylized sunburst at the top with neo-classical molding beneath the sun. A medallion is beneath the border, with crossed flags and a garland at the top of the medallion and rifles beneath the medallion. An equestrian figure is in the center of the medallion. The rider's proper right arm is raised and the horse's proper left front leg is raised. A garland of magnolia, vines, and grain surrounds the figure, and the border of the medallion is inscribed. Plaque on other side of base features a sunburst similar to the image on the opposite side, but the moldings are less ornate and include rosettes. In the lower portion of the plaque a medallion is surmounted by a wreath over a pair of crossed cannon. The medallion features a soldier on the walls of Fort Sumter. The soldier holds a South Carolina state flag. The inscribed border of the medallion includes armaments and naval motifs.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Landscape -- Cemetery

Landscape -- Tree -- Palmetto Tree

Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Charleston

Administered by Magnolia Cemetery Trust, P. O. Box 392, Charleston, South Carolina 29745

Located Magnolia Cemetery, 70 Cunnington Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29405

Monument to the Confederate war dead of Charleston, South Carolina. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, reported sculptor as Ferdinand von Miller II. Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, did not mention Miller, but reported designer as James G. Holmes and foundry as Heath & Roberts.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

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