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Walterboro in Colleton County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Confederate Monument
— Colleton County , South Carolina —
 
Confederate Monument Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Stroud, April 2008
1. Confederate Monument Marker
Dedicated on June 22, 1911 + Erected by United Confederate Veterans at a cost (then) of $1000 + 25 foot obelisk on a 7 foot base
 
Inscription. (Front face):
To the Confederate soldiers of Colleton County, SC
To those who fought and lived
To those who fought and died
To those who gave much
And to those who gave all

(Rear face):
To the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of Colleton County Who fought the home battles of 1861-1865.
 
Erected 1911 by United Confederate Veterans.
 
Location. 32° 54.139′ N, 80° 40.002′ W. Marker is in Walterboro, South Carolina, in Colleton County. Marker is on Hampton Street, on the left. Click for map. On the front lawn of Colleton County Courthouse. Marker is in this post office area: Walterboro SC 29488, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Colleton County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Walterboro (within shouting distance of this marker); Colleton County Veterans War Memorial (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Walterboro Jail (about 500 feet away); Walterborough Academy (approx. 0.4 miles away); Walterborough Library Society (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hickory Valley (approx. half a mile away); Bethel Presbyterian Church (approx. half a mile away). Click for a list of all markers in Walterboro.
 
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Confederate Monument Marker's front face Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Stroud, 2008
2. Confederate Monument Marker's front face
 
 This monument's information from the Smithsonian Institution Research Information Syste. (Submitted on March 17, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
 
Confederate Monument Marker's rear face Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Confederate Monument Marker's rear face
 
 
Front lawn of the Colleton County Courthouse on Hampton Street Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Stroud, April 2008
4. Front lawn of the Colleton County Courthouse on Hampton Street
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on April 13, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 878 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 13, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
 
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