Florence Stockade Monument
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 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
Marker is on East National Cemetery Road (South Carolina Route 13), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
