Our Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Our Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Our Confederate Dead, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 21, 1910.

Statue: stone; Base: stone, possibly granite or marble.

Statue: approx. H. 14 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. x 6 ft.

(On front of base, top, raised:) CSA (On front of base, bottom, incised:) THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/BY THE WOMEN OF OCONEE COUNTY/(Text praising soldiers follows)/(In raised letters:) 1861-1865/OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD (On back of base, incised:) "CONFEDERATE SERVICE,/SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN,/FEDERAL SERVICE,/TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN." (Additional text on sides of base) unsigned

Figure of Confederate soldier with mustache standing at rest on top of a tall, tiered base. He wears a uniform, knee-length boots, and hat. He carries a bayonet on his proper left hip and a bedroll on his back, slung diagonally across his proper left shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle at chest level with both hands, the butt resting by his proper right foot. Behind his proper right leg is a tree stump. The upper portion of the base is decorated with a relief carving of a tasseled banner with four stars. A portion of the lower part of base is polished and inscribed.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Object -- Weapon -- Bayonet

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Walhalla

Located Main Street, Highway 28, Walhalla, South Carolina

IAS files contain transcription of text on base. For related information see: "Confederate Monuments and Markers in South Carolina," compiled by Mrs. James Styart Land under the auspices of the SC Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1955-1958.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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