Ehrhardt in Bamberg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead
By Mike Stroud, January 2009
1. Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead
In Memory
of our
Confederate Dead
who fell in battle at
River's Bridges
Feb. 4, 1865.
(Reverse face )
Soldier's rest, your welfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Dream of battlefields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking.
Erected 1878 by Rivers Bridge Confederate Memorial Association.
Location. 33° 3.732′ N, 81° 5.325′ W. Marker is in Ehrhardt, South Carolina, in Bamberg County. Marker can be reached from Rivers Bridge State Park near SC-S-5-8. At Memorial Grounds (follow arrow). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ehrhardt SC 29081, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Our Confederate Dead (a few steps from this marker); A Tradition of Remembering, A Legacy of Preservation (within shouting distance of this marker); Four County WW II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Colleton County Confederate Soldiers
By Mike Stroud, January 2009
2. Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead Poem on back
From, The Lady of the Lake; Soldier, Rest! Thy Warfare O'er
by Sir Walter Scott ( First four lines )
"Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking;
Dream of battled fields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking."
by Sir Walter Scott ( First four lines )
"Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking;
Dream of battled fields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking."
Categories. • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil •
By Mike Stroud, January 25, 2009
3. Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead Memorial for Mass grave , alongside named Confederates
By Mike Stroud, 2009
4. Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead Headstones of 10 named Confederate fallen
By Mike Stroud, 2009
5. Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead another nearby memorial
Colleton County
In Memory of our
Confederate Soldiers
who gave their lives
in defense of
a rightous cause
Feb. 3 and 4, 1865
More. Search the internet for Rivers Bridge Confederate Dead.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on January 27, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,228 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 27, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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