Clarendon County Confederate Monument

Soldiers from Clarendon County served in the Confederacy during the war from Charleston in 1861 to Appomattox in 1865. The text portrays them as fighting for home government, the Confederate States of America, the sacredness of home, and the sovereignty of their state against an opponent described as overwhelming in numbers and inexhaustible in resources. It says they did not take up arms to disrupt a righteous union or a true republic, but to defend cherished principles of civil rights, enduring defeat without broken spirit, facing death as sacrifice, and remaining unconquered in defeat, steadfast in faith, hopeful for the future, and untiring in rebuilding afterward. In 1914, as the surviving veterans had become few and many had already died in battle or afterward, their patriotism and deeds were presented as growing brighter with time, their memory enduring for future generations.

Manning, South Carolina · United States