Clinton Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Clinton Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Clinton Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1910.

Sculpture: granite and marble; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 20 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 9.5 x 9.5 ft.

(Front base:) OUR/CONFEDERATE/HEROES/1861-1865/LEST WE FORGET (Back base:) ERECTED/BY THE/STEPHEN D. LEE/CHAPTER-1910

A granite obelisk, topped with a crown and marble cannonball. The obelisk sits stop a tiered, stepped base. Both the front and back sides of the obelisk have relief carvings of the Confederate flag.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Clinton

Administered by City of Clinton, City Manager, P. O. Drawer 748, Clinton, South Carolina 29325

Located North Broad Street, Clinton, South Carolina

Monument was erected by the Stephen D. Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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