Confederate Defenders of Charleston - Charleston, SC
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N 32° 46.169 W 079° 55.743
17S E 600305 N 3626239
Located in Battery Park at the intersection of E. Bay Street and Murray Blvd, Charleston, SC.
Waymark Code: WMB87V
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2011
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An allegorical depiction of the Confederate defense of Charleston during the Civil War, the monument consists of two figures atop an octagonal granite base set on a circular platform. The male figure is the defending warrior, with a sword in his right hand and a shield bearing the South Carolina state seal in his left hand. The female figure represents the City of Charleston. She holds in her right hand a garland of laurel, symbolizing immortality, and with her left hand points towards the sea to the enemy. On the base are scenes in relief of figures repairing the shattered walls of Fort Sumter with sand bags. Eleven stars on the lower base represent the eleven Confederate states.
Inscription:
To the Confederate Defenders of Charleston
Fort Sumter
1861 - 1865
(Around bottom of base:)
Count Them Happy Who For Their Faith And Their Courage Endured A Great Fight
This monument to the Confederate defenders of Charleston, South Carolina, was erected with the major portion of a $100,000 bequest of Andrew Buist Murray. Dawson Engineering Company set the base.
Artist: MacNeil, Hermon A., 1866-1947, sculptor. Delano & Aldrich, architectural firm. Alexis Rudier Fondeur, founder. Dawson Engineering Company, engineering firm.
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