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Meriwether Monument
Hero of the Hamburg Riot
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By Mike Stroud, July 2008 | |
| | | 1. Meriwether Monument Marker (south face) | | North Augusta Historical Marker seen in background | | |
Inscription.
(South face):
Dec. 4,1852 - July 8, 1876
———
In Memory of
Thomas McKie
Meriwether.
Who on 8th July 1876,
gave his life that the
civilization builded by his
fathers might be preserved
for their childrens
children unimpaired.
(East face):
In youths clad mourning the
unfinished years of manhood
stretching before him, with
clear knowledge and courageous
willingness, he
accepted death and found
forever the grateful remembrance
of all who know high
and generous service in the
maintaining of those civic
and social institutions which
the men and women of his
race and struggled through
the centuries to establish
in South Carolina.
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What more can a man do than
to lay down his life.
(North face):
In life he exemplified
the highest ideal of
Anglo-Saxon civilization.
By his death he assured
to the children of his
beloved land the
supremacy of that ideal.
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"As his flame of life
was quenched,
it lit the blaze of victory"
(West face):
This memorial is erected
to the young hero
of the Hamburg Riot,
by the state, under
an act of the general
assembly, with the aid
of admiring friends.
Erected | | | | 
By Mike Stroud, July 25, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Meriwether Monument Marker (south face close-up) | | |
1916 by South Carolina General Assembly.
Location. 33° 29.859′ N, 81° 58.172′ W. Marker is in North Augusta, South Carolina, in Aiken County. Marker is on Carolina Avenue near W. Forest Avenue. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: North Augusta SC 29841, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. North Augusta (within shouting distance of this marker); James Urquhart Jackson (within shouting distance of this marker); Hampton Terrace Hotel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Grenada • Panama • Persian Gulf Tribute (approx. 0.4 miles away); Viet Nam War Tribute (approx. 0.4 miles away); Korean War Tribute (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II Tribute (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War I Tribute (approx. half a mile away); Spanish American War Tribute (approx. half a mile away); War Between The States Tribute (approx. half a mile away). Click for a list of all markers in North Augusta.
Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia entry for the Hamburg Massacre. The Hamburg Massacre (or Hamburg Riot) was a key event of South Carolina Reconstruction. (Submitted on August 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
2. Official Report of the Battle of Hamburg. According to your request of Monday last, I have visited Hamburg for the purpose of ascertaining the facts connected with the killing of several men there on the night of the 8th of July. (Submitted on March 17, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
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By Mike Stroud, July 25, 2008 | |
| | | 3. Meriwether Monument Marker (east face) | | |
3. The Hamburg Massacre: S.C. Gov. Chamberlain's Letter to U.S. President Grant. (Submitted on March 17, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
Additional comments.
1. Monument only lists one of the individuals who died in the incident the marker commerates.
While Mr. Meriwether was indeed killed in the fighting commemorated by this obelisk, he was one of at least seven citizens killed in this incident (alternatively remembered as a 'riot' or 'massacre' depending on point of view). Mr. Meriwether was the only 'white' citizen to die as a result. The other six casualties were not. Further information can be found in Wikipedia (link provided above) or in the historian Stephen Budiansky's account of the incident in his book The Bloody Shirt - Terror After The Civil War. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor — Submitted January 19, 2009, by Bob Smith of Fairfax, Vermont. |
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By Mike Stroud, July 25, 2008 | |
| | | 4. Meriwether Monument Marker (north face) | | |
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By Mike Stroud, July 25, 2008 | |
| | | 5. Meriwether Monument Marker (west face) | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,076 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 12, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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