The statue was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and the monument erected in 1881.

The monument commemorates the centennial of the victory at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens and its hero, General Daniel Morgan.

The statue stands on a columnar granite shaft on an octagonal base designed by noted Charleston architect, Edward Brickell White.

[2][3] However, in 2005 as part of a larger project involving the redesign and reconstruction of Morgan Square, the monument was returned to its original position at the corner of West Main and Magnolia Streets and its original orientation, facing Cowpens National Battlefield.

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