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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Manning
Sculpture
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Clarendon County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 14, 1914.
Medium:
Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: Winnsboro granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 25 ft. x 3 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. x 9 ft. 1 in.
Inscription:
(Incised on base, north:) ERECTED/TO THE SOLDIERS/FROM CLARENDON/COUNTY/WHO SERVED IN/THE WAR FOR/SOUTHERN/INDEPENDENCE/CHARLESTON-1861/APPOMATTOX-1865/OUR HEROES/A.D.1914/ (On lower base, east:) A.L. 5914/GEO. T. BRYAN G.M. (On base, east:) HOPE, LIKE THE EASTERN SUN/ROSE BRIGHT IN THE HEART OF/THE SOUTHERNER FOR HOME/GOVERNMENT AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/CONTENDING AGAINST ARMIES/OVERWHELMING IN NUMBERS AND/WITH RESOURCES INEXHAUSTIBLE/HE FOUGHT WITH PATRIOTISM UNDAUNTED AND LOVE/OF COUNTRY UNEXCELLED IN/HISTORY, UNAWED BY FEAR OF/DEFEAT, HE DEFENDED THE SACREDNESS OF HOME AND THE/SOVEREIGNTY OF HIS STATE (On base, south:) NOT TO DISRUPT A RIGHTEOUS/UNION OR TRUE REPUBLIC DID/THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS TAKE UP ARMS, BUT TO DEFEND CHERISHED/PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL RIGHTS DID/HE LEAVE HIS ALL TO DO BATTLE/UNTO DEATH OVERPOWERED...UNTIRING IN REBUILDING (On base, west:) IN 1914/WHEN THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/WHEN THE SUN OF LIFE OF THE FEW REMAIN/HOVERS IN THE WESTERN HORIZON/AS WE VIEW THEIR PATRIOTISM THROUGH HALF A CENTURY PAST/AS THE TIME STAGE OF LUSTRE BRIGHTENS/GENERATIONS UNBORN WILL PROUDLY CLAIM THEIR ANCESTRY/MANY ANSWERED IT SINCE/THE REMAINING FEW MUST SOON ANSWER/THEIR MEMORY LIVES/PEACE, REVERENCE, UNION
Description:
Uniformed Confederate soldier stands at ease atop a pedestal. He holds the muzzle of his rifle in both hands. The pedestal stands atop a square base with inscriptions and the "CSA" emblem. This base stands on a three-tiered base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Manning
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Clarendon County, P. O. Box 546, Manning, South Carolina 29102
Located Clarendon County Courthouse, Manning, South Carolina
Remarks:
The monument was placed as the result of a popular movement headed by J. H. Lesesne, the son of a Confederate officer. For related reading, see "A History of Clarendon County 1700-1961," by Virginia Kirkland Galluchat Orvin, available at the Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, SC5001, 1989.
Monumental News, Aug. 1914, pg. 510; Oct. 1914, pg. 665.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS SC000212
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