Monument to South Carolina Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Monument to South Carolina Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington, 1853-1942, sculptor.

Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes, founder.

Wilson & Sompayrac, architectural firm.

Monument to South Carolina Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Memorial to South Carolina Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Confederate Women's Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1909. 1911. Dedicated April 11, 1912.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. x 4 ft. 7.5 in. x 8 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 2.5 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 4 in.

(Proper right side of sculpture on bronze platform:) F. W. RUCKSTUHL (sic) 1911 (Rear of sculpture's bronze platform:) FONDERIE NATle DES BRONZES BRUXELLES (Front of base:) TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN/OF THE CONFEDERACY/1861-1865/REARED/BY THE MEN OF THEIR STATE/1909-1911 (Proper right side of base:) WHEN REVERESES FOLLOWED VICTORIES/WHEN WANT DISPLACED PLENTY/WHEN MOURNING FOR THE FLOWER OF SOUTHERN MANHOOD/DARKENED COUNTLESS HOMES/THE WOMEN WERE STEADFAST AND UNAFRAID... (Rear of base:) AT CLOUDED DAWN OF PEACE/THEY FACED THE FUTURE/UNDISMAYED BY PROBLEMS AND FEARLESS OF TRIALS/IN LOVING EFFORT TO HEAL/THEIR COUNTRY'S WOUNDS/AND WITH CONVICTION/THAT FROM THE ASHES OF RUIN/WOULD COME RESURRECTION/OF TRUTH/WITH GLORIOUS VINDICATION/INSCRIPTIONS BY WILLIAM GONZALES (Proper left side of base:) IN THIS MONUMENT/GENERATIONS UNBORN SHALL HEAR THE VOICE/OF A GRATEFUL PEOPLE/TESTIFYING TO THE SUBLIME DEVOTION/OF THE WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA/IN THEIR COUNTRY'S NEED signed Founder's mark appears.

The figure of a woman in period clothing sitting in an ornate chair, with open book in her lap. A cherub stands at her proper right and an angel with wings spread stands behind her. The angel holds a trumpet and large feather by its side in its proper left hand; and holds a wreath above the seated figure's head. The angel also holds a bunch of roses in her proper left arm and a scroll reading "Enacted by the/General Assembly/of the State of/South Carolina" in its proper right hand. The sculpture is located in a recessed areas of the capitol complex.

Figure group -- Female

Religion -- Angel

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet

Object -- Flower -- Rose

Object -- Other -- Feather

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Columbia

Coadministered by State of South Carolina, Building Services, 921 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Coadministered by United Sons & Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina

Located South Carolina State House, Columbia, South Carolina

Originally on south side of State House; moved to present location in 1935. IAS files contain excerpt from The State (Columbia, SC): April 4, 1912; and photocopy of program for the unveiling, April 11, 1912.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, SC5013, 1989.

Monumental News, Feb., 1910, pg. 131.

"Monuments on the State House Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina," compiled by Inez Watson, Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1958, fig. 13.

"Monuments on the State House Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina," compiled by Inez Watson, Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1958, fig. 13.

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