(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Villeneuve, J. H., sculptor.

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Dedicated July 26, 1867.

Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 22 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.

(Front, raised around anchor:) LOVED AND HONORED THOUGH UNKNOWN (Inscribed below:) HOPE (Lower edge:) ERECTED JULY 26, 1867 (Back, raised around fallen tree:) FALLEN BUT NOT DEAD (Inscribed below:) THEY HAVE CROSSED OVER THE RIVER/AND THEY REST IN THE SHADE OF THE TREES (Left side, raised around lyre:) ERECTED BY LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (Inscribed below:) TO THE MEMORY OF HEROIC DEAD WHO FELL AT CHERAW DURING THE WAR 1861-1865/DEO VINDICE/J. H. V. VILLENEUVE (Inscribed on right side:) STRANGER, BOLD CHAMPIONS/OF THE SOUTH REVERE:/AND VIEW THESE TOMBS WITH LOVE/BRAVE HEROES SLUMBER HERE. signed

Square, white, tapered shaft on a square gray base. Each side is topped by a projecting pediment; a laurel wreath carved in each pediment. Emblems on 3 sides of shaft with objects depicted in circular mottos: anchor on front, fallen tree on back, lyre on left.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Harp

Landscape -- Tree

Architecture -- Boat -- Detail

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Cheraw

Administered by St. David's Cemetery Association, P. O. 1423, Cheraw, South Carolina 29520

Located Old St. David's Church, Cemetery, Cheraw, South Carolina 29520

Incoming report indicates artist is J. H. Villeneuve, but records inscribed signature as J. H. V. Villeneuve. IAS files include an unreferenced copy of a newspaper clipping which suggests this may be the first Confederate monument erected in the United States.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

Cheraw Chronicle (Cheraw, South Carolina), September 23, 1993.

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