Monument Near Stockade Site

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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

6500 FEDERAL PRISONERS

WERE CONFINED

1864 - 1865

AND

TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE CONFEDERATE

SOLDIERS AND THE CITIZENS OF THE

COMMUNITY WHO IN THE LINE OF DUTY

GUARDED THESE PRISONERS

A HISTORY OF THIS STOCKADE,

WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE GUARDS,

HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE

FLORENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY