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United Daughters of the Confederacy Historical Markers
Markers erected by or related to the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). UDC is an American hereditary association of Southern women established in 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee. The purpose of the organization includes the commemoration of Confederate soldiers and the funding of the erection of memorials to these men.
By Bernard Fisher, June 23, 2012
Elizabeth City Confederate Monument
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Our Heroes
1861 1865
To our
Confederate Dead.
Erected by
The D.H. Hill Chapter
United Daughters
of the Confederacy
Elizabeth City
North Carolina,
May 10th, 1911. — — Map (db m56815) HM |
| | In honor of the Confederate Soldiers of Pender County. Major General William Dorsey Pender, Feb 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863.
Let future generations remember that these were men whom death could not terrify, whom defeat could not dishonor. . . . — — Map (db m30273) HM |
| | Erected in 1930, by the Pee Dee Guards Chapter, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Richmond County, in Loving Memory of Our Confederate Soldiers. — — Map (db m56490) HM |
| | You are facing the 18 trenches used by the Salisbury Confederate Prison for the burial of prisoners, most of whom died after October 1864. — — Map (db m35270) HM |
| | In memory of Rowans Confederate Soldiers that their heroic deeds, sublime self-sacrifice and undying devotion to duty and Country may never be forgotten 1861 – 1865 [ Left of Monument: ] Soldiers of the Confederacy, Fame has given you . . . — — Map (db m34408) HM |
| | To the memory of
Capt. H.D. Lee
and Company D 16th Regiment,
who were the first to leave from
Rutherford County for the
War Between The States
June 3rd, 1861, and
Capt. J.B. Eaves
and Company I 50th Regiment,
who left in . . . — — Map (db m14582) HM |
| | To the men
and women of
the Confederacy.
"Devotion" — — Map (db m14588) HM |
| | (front side)In Honor of The
Confederate Soldiers of Sampson County
Who bore the flag of a nation's trust and fell in a course though lost, still just, and died for me and you 1861-1865(back side)Ashford – Sillers Chapter U. . . . — — Map (db m130955) WM |
| | Fifty-four Confederate soldiers from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are buried here. They died at General Hospital Number One, Kittrell Springs in the former Kittrell Springs Hotel owned by Maj. Charles C. Blacknall and his . . . — — Map (db m33813) HM |
| |
Private in
Bethel Regiment
North Carolina Volunteers
Killed at Bethel Church
June 10, 1861
First Confederate soldier
to fall in battle in the
War Between the States.
(back of marker)
Wyatt's Comrades
In dash to burn the . . . — — Map (db m41569) HM |
| | Nearly 15,000 men clashed on these fields December 17, 1862. At stake was the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge which spanned the Neuse River here. Confederate troops, outnumbered five to one, fought bravely to defend the bridge, a vital link in . . . — — Map (db m28541) HM |
| | To The
Valor
Of Wilson County
Soldiers — — Map (db m68787) WM |
| | (Side A): Camp Chase was a Civil War camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. Four miles west of Columbus, the main entrance was on the National Road. Boundaries of the camp were present-day Broad Street (north), . . . — — Map (db m12078) HM |
| | Roswell S. Ripley was born in Worthington on March 14, 1823 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. Serving with the U.S. Artillery from 1846 to 1848 during the Mexican-American War, Ripley was promoted twice for . . . — — Map (db m2050) HM |
| | [Marker Front]:
CONSTRUCTION
In 1861 it became apparent to Federal authorities that the war would not end quickly and plans were made for construction of prisons to permanently house thousands of Confederate prisoners. Lieutenant . . . — — Map (db m19018) HM |
| |
(logo- Lee on horse)
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“the shaft memorial . . . — — Map (db m93861) HM WM |
| | In honor of veterans of all wars
who sacrificed for democracy, peace
and justice.
Sponsored by Mildred Lee Chapter No. 1822
United Daughters of Confederacy
MCMLXXI — — Map (db m160833) WM |
| | To honor The Confederate Soldiers of the Battle of Cabin Creek Sept. 19, 1864 Erected by Okla. Division Daughters of the Confederacy June 1961
Reverse: Battle of Cabin Creek Sept. 19, 1864 Confederate Forces --
Brig. Gen. Stand Watie - . . . — — Map (db m52268) HM |
| | "Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget" This commemorative marker is respectfully dedicated to honor the brave soldiers of the Confederate States of America who gallantly fought and died here on July 17, 1863. The Battle . . . — — Map (db m52289) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m76478) WM |
| | Your names are inscribed on fame's immortal scroll Unveiled November 12, 1933 by the Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy — — Map (db m15499) HM |
| | "Smoke soon hid everything, the firing was as rapid as musketry, and shot and shell flew in flocks." Lt. Col. E. Porter Alexander, C.S.A. Commander of the Confederate bombardment Confederate artillery and infantry occupied the low, wooded ridge you . . . — — Map (db m11539) HM |
| | To the eternal glory of the North Carolina soldiers, who on this battlefield displayed heroism unsurpassed. Sacrificing all in support of their cause. Their valorous deeds will be enshrined in their hearts of men long after these transient memorials . . . — — Map (db m11559) HM |
| | (Front Inscription):That men of honor might forever know the responsibilities of freedom dedicated South Carolinians stood and were counted for their heritage and convictions abiding faith in the sacredness of states rights provided their . . . — — Map (db m12355) HM |
| | Two Confederate soldiers, killed June 29, 1863, in a skirmish with Union troops, were buried here by local residents. The monument in their honor was erected by Daughters of the Confederacy. — — Map (db m27196) HM |
| | W. B. Moore of VA.
F. A. Shelton of N.C.
Killed near here
in first battle on Penn. soil
June 30, 1863 — — Map (db m152458) HM |
| | General Bradley T. Johnson
of the
Confederate Army
encamped 20 rods west
of this marker at
the Patterson home
July 31, 1864
after the burning of
Chambersburg
This was the last
Confederate bivouac
north of the
Mason and Dixon . . . — — Map (db m27264) HM |
| | South:
Ship's Anchor
1861-1865
"The world shall yet decide,
In truth's clear, far-off light,
That the soldiers who wore the gray, and died
With Lee were in the right!"
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"Brave men may die - right has no . . . — — Map (db m11279) WM |
| | Augustus J. Lythgoe, 19 S.C. Inf.
Killed Murfreesboro, 1862
J. Foster Marshall, Orr's Rifles
Killed Second Manassas, 1862
George M. Miller, Orr's Rifles
Wounded Spotsylvania, 1864 . . . — — Map (db m10625) HM |
| |
Northwest
"Lord God of Hosts, Be With Us Yet,
Lest We Forget, Lest We Forget
On the hillside in the rear of this memorial on November 22, 1860, the first organized secession meeting was held.
On that day the ancient . . . — — Map (db m11691) HM |
| |
The town of Aiken, on land donated by Mr. Beverly M. Rodgers to the S.C. Rail Road in 1834, was laid out around a core of 27 city blocks bounded by Edgefield and Park Aves. and Newberry and Williamsburg Sts. This area was surveyed by civil . . . — — Map (db m29613) HM |
| |
Born Charleston, S.C., 1824.
Graduated West Point 1845.
Brigadier General, C.S.A., 1861.
Commanded 3rd Brigade,
Army of the Shenandoah.
July 21, 1861, at Manassas, Va., where he gave Gen. T.J. Jackson the name "Stonewall." Mortally . . . — — Map (db m39001) HM |
| |
[Front]:
Confederate Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens (1821-1864) is buried nearby in the Bee family plot. Born in Connecticut, Stevens moved to S.C. after his father's death in 1836. In 1861 he invented the first ironclad battery, which . . . — — Map (db m9680) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m19663) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m10330) HM |
| | Here on February 3, 1865, the 17th U.S. Army Corps led by Major General Joseph A. Mower and Lieut. Gen. Giles A. Smith attacked the Confederate division of Major General Lafayette McLaws and forced the crossing of Salkehatchie River, after a gallant . . . — — Map (db m11318) HM |
| | Known for acts of bravery and outstanding leadership in the defense of Beaufort. This Memorial is erected by the Stephen Elliot Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opposite the home in which this chapter was organized. — — Map (db m5638) HM |
| | Front Honoring Berkeley County Confederate Soldiers “Deo Vindice” J B Adkins, S Adkins, S Alexander, J Armstrong, J F Avinger, E Ball, I Ball, J M Ball, J Ball, W J Ball, A Ballentine, J J Ballentine, L E Ballentine, W J . . . — — Map (db m54848) HM |
| | In Memory of
The Supreme Devotion of Those Heroic Men
Of the Confederate Army and Navy
First in Marine Warfare
To Employ Torpedo Board
1863 - 1865
Moved by
The Lofty Faith That With Them Died
Crew After Crew
Volunteered
For . . . — — Map (db m47493) HM |
| | "Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we adore thy love and providence in the history of our country, and especially would we thank thee for our Confederate history
"We thank thee for its pure record of virtue, valor and for the inspiring . . . — — Map (db m27502) HM |
| | was accomplished by the heroic efforts of
Adolphus W. and James C. Lacoste
and others
after engineers of both Federal and
Confederate Armies had pronounced it
impossible.
——
Due to the untiring efforts of
Major John Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m19011) HM |
| | (East side)
Wade Hampton
1818 — 1902
(North side)
Colonel Hampton Legion, S.C.V. 1861
Brigadier-General Confederate States Army.
1862
Major-General 1863
Lieutenant-General 1865. Commanding Cavalry of . . . — — Map (db m51949) HM |
| | This stone marks the site of the Battle of Secessionville June 16, 1862. Erected by Secessionville Chapter, U.D.C. 1924. — — Map (db m21319) HM |
| |
(North Inscription)
"Lest we Forget"
(South Inscription)
Though men deserve
they may not win success.
The brave will honor
the brave vanquished
none the less.
(Footstone)
This tablet in memoriam
Moses . . . — — Map (db m7347) HM |
| |
[South Side]
C.S.A.
This monument guards the memory
of the men of Chester District
who obeying the call of their state
died for the Confederate cause.
U.D.C.
Time may crumble this marble into dust
but time can not dim their . . . — — Map (db m14269) WM |
| | In Memory of Our Confederate Dead. — — Map (db m13796) HM |
| | [Front]:
First Secession Meeting, Chesterfield Courthouse.
Nov. 19, 1860.
Banner used on Secession Day.
[Rear]:
Dedicated by the U.D.C's of Chesterfield Co. to the brave men, devoted women and faithful slaves, . . . — — Map (db m28328) HM |
| | Founder of Dillon and Father of Dillon County. A man of firm convictions, gentle manners and generous impulses, who loved and believed his fellow man. A loyal citizen, a public benefactor, who gave freely of the fruits of a rich and resourceful mind . . . — — Map (db m24725) HM |
| | Oakley Park was built in 1835 by a prosperous Edgefield planter, Daniel Bird. In 1841, Bird's son was tragically killed in a shoot-out in front of the Edgefield County Courthouse. Suffering great sorrow at his loss, Bird sold his home and left town . . . — — Map (db m12410) HM |
| | (South Face)
CSA
1861
Our Confederate Dead
(East Face)
UDC
1865
(North Face)
1861
"Love of God and love
of country are the
two noblest passions
in the human heart.
A man without a . . . — — Map (db m49454) WM |
| | This boulder was placed here
by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy of
Florence, S.C. January 27, 1947
To record the fact that
directly south of this spot
was situated a stockade where
6,500 Federal prisoners
were . . . — — Map (db m45962) HM |
| | Henry Timrod 1828 ~ 1867 Poet Laureate of the Confederacy ~ * ~Within this building he taught, among others, “Katie,” later to become his wife. — — Map (db m54612) HM |
| | Dedicated to the Men and Women of Florence County who answered the call of America in World War II *and* In memory of those who gave their young lives for God and Country Placed by The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Florence, South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m52255) HM |
| | Roseville Plantation was established by a royal grant before the American Revolution and a house was built here ca. 1771 for the Dewitt family. Richard Brockinton (d. ca. 1843), planter and state representative, purchased Roseville in 1821. Most of . . . — — Map (db m37327) HM |
| | Volunteer aide-de-camp to Gen. Beauregard in April 1861, mustered into Confederate service at Whites Bridge near here on July 19, 1861, as Colonel of the 10th Regiment, S.C. Infantry, promoted Brigadier General on April 26, 1863, wounded at the . . . — — Map (db m16378) HM |
| | Lest We Forget In memory of the Confederate soldiers who served at Battery White during the War Between the States 1861 - 1865 Erected by Arthur Manigault Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy May 25, 1929. — — Map (db m31645) HM |
| | (Front) In early 1865 the USS Harvest Moon, a 193-foot, 5-gun side-wheel steamer, was the flagship of Adm. John A. Dahlgren of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, U.S. Navy. It arrived off Georgetown and anchored nearby on . . . — — Map (db m48346) HM |
| | Stone's Mill:
The first grist mill on Big Durbin Creek was built about 1813 for John Bruce (d. 1818), a veteran of the American Revolution, who also ran a sawmill and woolen mill here. The present mill, built by slave labor before 1860, is made . . . — — Map (db m43522) HM |
| | Erected on land donated to the state by Vardry McBee for the manufacture of arms for the South Carolina troops in the Confederate service. George W. Morse, superintendent of the works, invented and manufactured a breech-loading carbine pronounced by . . . — — Map (db m73773) HM |
| |
A tribute to the memory of
General Robert E Lee
"His monument is the Adoration of the South, his shrine is in every Southern Heart."
Thomas Nelson Page.
Erected 1935
By the Greenville Chapter and Fort Sumter
Chapter of the United . . . — — Map (db m10778) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m11118) HM |
| | Front: The original Cooley's Bridge, built across the Saluda River in 1835-36 to replace a ferry, stood about 150 yds. above the present bridge over S.C. Hwy. 247. It was built for Hiram Cooley (ca. 1796-1864), a cotton planter who owned more . . . — — Map (db m9334) HM |
| |
[Original Marker]
Site of Old Tabernacle Methodist Church. Buried here are Confederate Generals Martin Witherspoon Gary, Nathan George Evans and other Confederate officers and soldiers.
[Second Marker]
1000 feet east is . . . — — Map (db m11095) HM |
| | Established February 18, 1878, once a part of Beaufort District. It was named in honor of Wade Hampton. Lieutenant General C.S.A., Governor of South Carolina, 1876-79. United States Senator, 1879-91. Cornerstone of courthouse laid by Gen. . . . — — Map (db m6536) HM |
| |
Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 white and Negro Union troops left Georgetown April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden. Here on April 18, in one of the last engagements of the war, a small force of Confederate . . . — — Map (db m27623) HM |
| | [East Side]
1861-1865
Worthy, the Confederate soldier to be hallowed and held in tender remembrance Worthy, the fadeless fame which Lancaster's soldiers won in defending the honor of the South, the rights of the States, the liberties . . . — — Map (db m23832) HM |
| |
[East]
Erected
by the
Stephen D. Lee
Chapter -- 1910
[West]
Our
Confederate
Heroes
1861 -- 1865
"Lest We Forget" — — Map (db m23434) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m81211) HM |
| |
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy on his flight from Richmond, Va. with his Cabinet and other high ranking officers spent the night of April 30, 1865 at the house 1½ miles west, then the home of Lafayette Young. Arriving there . . . — — Map (db m55837) HM |
| |
[Front]:
In Memory of
The Boys in Gray
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Erected 1910
by the Citizens of
Laurens Co.
Under the Auspices of
J.B. Kershaw Chapter
U.D.C.
Our Heroes
[Reverse]:
On flames eternal camp-
ing ground . . . — — Map (db m12034) HM |
| | (West face)
CSA
In Memory
of
Lee County's
Confederate Soldiers
Heros
Confederate Dead
(East Face)
Lest We Forget Erected by the people
of Lee County
Through the efforts of
Lottie Green . . . — — Map (db m27735) WM |
| | The Confederacy established a navy yard 1/4 mile NW about 1863 on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River.
Here, under the command of Lt. Van Renssalaer Morgan, a wooden gunboat, the C.S.S. Pee Dee, was built.
Launched by November 1864, it was burned . . . — — Map (db m45855) HM |
| | [Inscriptions: South face]
1861
UDC
303
of Marlboros noble sons sacrificed
their lives on the battlefield, in
prison, and by disease.
“Gods peace is everlasting”
are the dream-words of their . . . — — Map (db m136196) HM |
| | Was murdered near by the
33d, U.S. Regt of Negro
Federal Soldiers Sept. 8, 1865 — — Map (db m44978) HM |
| | To the Memory of Confederate Veterans 1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m50352) HM |
| | Memorial
Gateway
1860-1865
Dedicated to the
men of the Confederacy
who gallantly
defended the southland
during the
War Between the States. — — Map (db m13957) HM |
| | Dedicated
to
Confederate Soldiers — — Map (db m63317) WM |
| |
The Central Heritage Society purchased the Morgan House in 1995 as headquarters for the Central History Museum. Several of the rooms are almost exactly as Jessie and Jennie Morgan left them, while others focus on Central, South Carolina history. . . . — — Map (db m15559) HM |
| | In Memoriam
Andrew Pickens
1739-1817
Partisan General American
Resolution for whom
This County is Named. — — Map (db m11740) HM |
| | In Memoriam
John C. Calhoun
1782-1850
Apostle of States Rights,
and Nullification.
Vice-President U.S. — — Map (db m11741) HM |
| |
The Hagoods and the Mauldins
James E. Hagood, son of local farmer and landowner Benjamin Hagood, built this house in 1856 in the town of Pickens Court House, about 14 miles west of here. The house was moved to this site in 1868. James . . . — — Map (db m11783) HM |
| | In Memoriam
Thomas Jacob Mauldin
1870-1931
First Judge 18th Judicial
Circuit of S.C. 1914-1981. — — Map (db m11738) HM |
| | (Front text)
From April 1864 to February 1865 Confederate bonds and currency were printed and processed in this building, constructed in 1863-64 for the printing and stationery firm of Evans & Cogswell. That firm, founded in Charleston, . . . — — Map (db m28531) HM |
| | Confederate Soldiers Home by an act of the General Assembly in 1908, an infirmary was established on this site for the infirm and destitute Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of the state in 1925. Eligibility for admission was extended to wives and . . . — — Map (db m46504) HM |
| | J Baker Samuel Hill J C Schroeder
William Barefoot W D Hutto Sindal
Joseph Burns R Johnson A Smith
F Butler P P Killebrew J Smith
R Campbell D F McFarland Scott Nimrod Smith
A C Catlett McMaster Suber
J Darrell . . . — — Map (db m46632) HM |
| | The Convention
of the
people of South Carolina
which adapted an
Ordinance Of Secession
at Charleston,
December 20, 1860
first met in this church
at 12 o'clock M.[sic]
December 17, 1860
and . . . — — Map (db m28950) HM |
| | Erected Feb. 17, 1914 by Wade Hampton Chapter, U.D.C.
On the spot where Mayor T.J. Goodwyn surrendered the city of Columbia to Gen. W.T. Sherman Feb. 17, 1865
Councilmen O.Z. Bates Samuel Leapheart John Stork John McKenzie W.B. Stanley . . . — — Map (db m46453) HM |
| |
[North Face]:
To The
South Carolina Women
Of The Confederacy
1861-1865
—
Reared
By The Men Of Their State
1909-11
[West face]:
In this monument
Generations unborn shall hear the voice
Of a grateful . . . — — Map (db m21928) HM |
| | Anthony Hampton
Feb. 3, 1715 - July 1776
with
wife, son Preston, and grandson
massacreed by Cherokee Indians,
July 1776
Tyger River, Spartanburg
District, S. C.
Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton
1752 - 1835
Col. Wade Hampton,
1791 - 1858 . . . — — Map (db m10400) HM |
| | [East Facing Side]
Erected in honor of the
Confederate Soldiers and
Sailors from Spartanburg
City and County
by
voluntary contributions
from her citizens and Spartan
Chapter United Daughters
of the Confederacy
1910
. . . — — Map (db m13512) HM |
| | Battle fought at this site Apr. 9, 1865 Dedicated Saturday Jan. 27, 1979 3 P.M.
Sponsored by Dick Anderson Chapter No. 75 (1896) United Daughters of the Confedercy
Wm. E. Brunson III, noted War Between The States Arms and Records . . . — — Map (db m35569) HM |
| |
This tablet marks the site of the Battle of Dingle's Mill fought April 9, 1865 between Potter's Brigade and the Reserve South Carolina Malitia C.S.A.
Erected by Dick Anderson Chapter U.D.C.
(Lower stone marker text)
The . . . — — Map (db m35746) HM |
| | (East face)
Decr 20
1860 — —
The
Women of
Sumter District to their
Confederate
Dead
— —
Erected 1876
by
The Ladies Monumental Assoc.
of Sumter . . . — — Map (db m27740) HM |
| |
[Front]:
A post office was established in 1809 at Cross Keys, S.C. In 1812-1814, Barrum Bobo erected this house at the intersection of the Piedmont Stage Road and the Old Buncombe Road. During the ante-bellum period, it was the center of . . . — — Map (db m13390) HM |
| | [West Side]
C.S.A.
1861-1865
To the Confederate
dead of Union District
Comrades Confederate Soldiers
[South Side]
From North to South
From East to West
Their ashes scattered lie
But in the regions of
the . . . — — Map (db m59078) HM |
| |
[East Side]:
In Memory of the
Confederate Soldiers
of Union County,
South Carolina.
[North Side]:
Truth, courage,
and patriotism
endure forever.
[South Side]:
These were men who gave
their live and . . . — — Map (db m13536) HM |
| |
[North Face]:
[Relief Flag]
CSA
1861-1865
Erected by
Williamsburg, Chapter
U.D.C. and the
citizens of the county,
May 10,1910,
To the memory
of the men of
Williamsburg, County
who fought for
the rights of . . . — — Map (db m24605) HM |
| | [South side]
Birthplace of Daniel Harvey Hill
Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army
Soldier, Educator, Author
A worthy son of the land we love.
[East side]
S.68.44 W. 737 feet from this point was the site of . . . — — Map (db m28247) HM |
| | [West side]
Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice, defended truth and the right, fought for their native land, enduring hardship and sacrifice. We assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and . . . — — Map (db m28251) HM |
| | Having crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall of Richmond. He was accompanied by the remaining members of his cabinet and a detachment of cavalry under Gen. . . . — — Map (db m28253) HM |
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