Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

ca. 1911. Dedicated June 22, 1911.

Sculpture: gray granite; Base: gray granite.

Sculpture: approx. 32 ft. x 37 in. x 37 in.; Base: approx. 25 x 99 x 99 in.

(On front:) CSA/TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF COLLETON COUNTY, S.C./TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT/AND LIVED/TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT/AND DIED/TO THOSE WHO GAVE MUCH;/TO THOSE WHO GAVE ALL. (On reverse:) TO THE MOTHERS, WIVES,/SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS/OF COLLETON COUNTY, WHO FOUGHT THE HOME/BATTLES OF 1861-1865. unsigned

Four-sided rough-hewn obelisk stands on a pedestal and tiered base. A decorative relief of the Confederate flag is wrapped around the obelisk.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Walterboro

Colleton County, Courthouse, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488

Monument was initiated by the Survivors Association who raised funds. The cost of the monument was $1,000, with additional funds provided by the Civic League. The granite was quarried in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Sculpture has been moved twice previously within the courthouse grounds. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Narratives of Colleton County," by Beulah Glover, (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1984).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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