Midtown - Downtown in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
South Carolina Confederate Monument
Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 2006
1. Confederate Monument Marker
Artist: Carlo Nicoli, sculptor.
To South Carolina's dead
of the
Confederate Army
1861 1865
This monument
perpetuates the memory,
of those who
true to the instincts of their birth,
faithful to the teachings of their fathers,
constant in their love for the State,
died in the performance of their duty:
Who
have glorified a fallen cause
by the simple manhood of their lives,
the patient endurance of suffering,
and the heroism of death,
and who,
in the dark house of imprisonment,
in the hopelessness of the hospital,
in the short, sharp agony of the field
found support and consolation
in the belief
that at home they would not be forgotten.
Unveiled May 13, 1879
Erected 1879 by The Woman of South Carolina.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 0.065′ N, 81° 2.008′ W. Monument is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. It is at the intersection of Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Midlands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The North-South Streets in The City Of Columbia / Richardson Street (a few steps from this marker); The East-West Streets In The City Of Columbia / Gervais Street (a few steps from this marker); Benjamin Ryan Tillman (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish-American War Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Edwards v. S.C. (within shouting distance of this marker); The State House of South Carolina (within shouting distance of this marker); Burning Of Columbia (within shouting distance of this marker); George Washington (Statue) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
Regarding South Carolina Confederate Monument. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum : Control Number: IAS 76008590 -
Description: The monument is composed of a very large base on which rests a two-level pedestal. A die block is mounted on top of the pedestal for inscriptions and carvings. A shaft rests on the die block on top of which stands a Confederate Infantry soldier at guard. He holds the stock of a rifle with bayonet in his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand on the muzzle. He wears a cloak around his shoulders
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 2008
2. North face
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
3. East Face
( East Face)
Erected by the Women of South Carolina
Erected by the Women of South Carolina
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. (South face )
Let the stranger,
who may in the future times
read this inscription,
recognize that these were men
whom power could not corrupt,
whom death could not terrify,
whom defeat could not dishonor
and let their virtues plead
for just judgment
of the cause in which they perished.
Let the South Carolinian
of another generation
remember
that the State taught them
how to live and how to die.
And that from her broken fortunes
she has preserved for her children
the priceless treasure of their memories,
teaching all who may claim
the same birthright
that truth, courage and patriotism
endure forever.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
5. ( West Face)
To South Carolina's Dead
Of The
Confederate Army
1861 1865
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011
6. South Carolina Confederate Monument at the State House, seen from Main Street
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011
7. South Carolina Confederate Monument at the State House
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
8. Confederate Monument Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud
9. Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
of the Confederacy
1923
circa 1916
10. Confederate Monument, Columbia, S.C.
circa 1910
11. State Capitol, Showing Confederate War Monument, Columbia, S.C.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 11,512 times since then and 531 times this year. Last updated on March 15, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6, 7. submitted on August 24, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 8. submitted on May 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 9. submitted on April 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 10, 11. submitted on October 13, 2015. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
