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 Confederate Memorial - Charleston, South Carolina Posted by:  iconions
N 32° 48.953 W 079° 56.643
17S E 598849 N 3631369
This bronze sculpture atop a a granite base is located at Magnolia Cemetery - 70 Cunnington Avenue, Charleston, SC.
Waymark Code: WMYC6E
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2018
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Magnolia Cemetery is one of the most historic and peaceful cemeteries in all of Charleston. Three crews of the Hunley are buried here, as well as several Confederate Generals and just ordinary folks. It is just a beautiful cemetery to visit.
There are two plaques with text not listed in the Smithsonian Description:
(text of front large inscription panel)
In memory
of the sons of Charleston
who
fell around the walls,
who
sleep on many battlefields
in
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and
North Carolina,
and who
lie in distant graves around
their Northern prisons.
------*------
These died for their State.
(text of reverse large inscription panel)
This Bronze
preserves the Memory
of the Heroic Dead
from
every part of Carolina,
and from
her sister states of the South;
who fell
in the defense of this city.
------*------
In proud and grateful remembrance
of their devotion, constancy, and valour;
who against overwhelming odds
by sea and by land
kept Charleston virgin and invincible
to the last.
The Smithsonian Inventory has the best description about the piece:
SCULPTOR: Miller, Ferdinand von II 1842-1929
DESIGNER: Holmes, James G.
FOUNDER: Heath & Roberts
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
TYPE: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Medallion
Sculptures
OWNER/LOCATION: Administered by Magnolia Cemetery Trust P. O. Box 392 Charleston South Carolina 29745
Located Magnolia Cemetery 70 Cunnington Avenue Charleston South Carolina 29405
NOTES: Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
SUMMARY: Figure of soldier holding arms surmounts base which holds plaques with images and text. Rectangular plaque on front of base depicts a great arm coming down to earth from the clouds to drop flowers on a graveyard. A palmetto tree grows behind the graves, which are on the left side of the image. The grave markers are inscribed with names and dates. On the right side of the image is a funeral urn with the inscription: Sabel S. Snowdon/Feb 20th/1881. Plaque on one side of base features a stylized sunburst at the top with neo-classical molding beneath the sun. A medallion is beneath the border, with crossed flags and a garland at the top of the medallion and rifles beneath the medallion. An equestrian figure is in the center of the medallion. The rider's proper right arm is raised and the horse's proper left front leg is raised. A garland of magnolia, vines, and grain surrounds the figure, and the border of the medallion is inscribed. Plaque on other side of base features a sunburst similar to the image on the opposite side, but the moldings are less ornate and include rosettes. In the lower portion of the plaque a medallion is surmounted by a wreath over a pair of crossed cannon. The medallion features a soldier on the walls of Fort Sumter. The soldier holds a South Carolina state flag. The inscribed border of the medallion includes armaments and naval motifs.
TOPIC: History--United States--Civil War
Figure male--Full length
Occupation--Military--Soldier
Landscape--Cemetery
Landscape--Tree--Palmetto Tree
Landscape--Celestial--Sun
Equestrian
Object--Other--Flag
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76007189
- Smithsonian Outdoor Sculpture Record for Confederate Monument
Ferdinand von Miller's son Ferdinand (1842–1929) followed in his father's footsteps and is known in the United States for some of the figures on the Tyler Davidson Fountain in Cincinnati (at the unveiling on October 6, 1871, at which he was honored). He also created the statues of Shakespeare, Columbus and Alexander von Humboldt in Tower Grove Park of St. Louis and of J. Marion Sims in New York.
- Ferdinand Von Miller Wikipedia Entry
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Confederate Memorial
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Ferdinand von Miller II
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Materials used: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Location: Magnolia Cemetery
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