Amos McManus Statue 10
by Joseph C Hinson
Title
Amos McManus Statue 10
Artist
Joseph C Hinson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The Confederate monument in front of the historic Lancaster Court House (now a museum) was erected in 1909 by the Daughters of the Confederacy. It us seen framed here with the clock in front the administration building framing it. The statue was based on a photograph of Captain Amos McManus, a Lancaster native and Confederate soldier.
As soon as the war broke out McManus enlisted in the Lancaster Greys and was at the First Manassas, where he was wounded in the arm. McManus was also Lancaster County sheriff. Some time in 1862, he returned to Lancaster to officiate in court.. He must not have stayed long, for he was in the battle of Sharpsburg on 17 September 1802 and his records show that he was at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg as a member of Col. J. B. Kershaw's brigade.
It is said to be the first granite monument sculpted in the south. The granite came from the Stonesboro in nearby Heath Springs.
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October 23rd, 2020
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