Monuments Inscriptions on Confederate Monuments

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Newton County, GA
 
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The Confederate Monument located on the grounds of the Texas State Capital in Austin, Texas. The monument was erected in 1903 and is the largest monument on the Great Walk. The Alamo Monument and the Capital building are seen in the background. The monument lists the names of the States which formed the Confederacy (around the top) and the battles fought (around the bottom).
 
Here is one Memorial that I visited last summer. This was erected at the sight of Confederate Camp Beauregard which was the winter quarters of two brigades during the winter of 1861/1862. It is located close just northeast of Fulton, KY, near the Tennessee border. During the winter, the camp was struck by disease and many died; most of them probably having never fired a gun in battle. My great-uncle was one who died on December 1, 1861. He has a headstone here but he also has a headstone back at his hometown in Black Hawk, MS.

The monument was erected in the center of a cemetery in 1920-30. More recently, money was raised to add the base for the original memorial. There are approximately 12 Confederate veterans' headstones surrounding this memorial, which were probably added in the last 50 years. I really like the draped Confederate battle flag.
(Note my Kepi sitting on the base.)


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(Top, under drapped battle flag)
1861 - 1865

Inscription

Camp Beauregard Memorial
In Memory of the loyal men, who died here
September 1861 to March 1862
For the Confederate States of America.
And were thus denied the Glory
of heroic service in battle.
Erected by the Kentucky Division,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and
Beauregard Monument Association
of Louisiana.



 
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Bartow County Confederate Monument, Cartersville, Georgia



LET THE STRANGER WHO MAY IN
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FUTURE TIME READ THIS INSCRIPTION,
AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE MEN,
WHOM POWER COULD NOT CORRUPT,
DEATH COULD NOT TERRIFY,
DEFEAT COULD NOT DISHONOR;
LET THESE VIRTUES PLEAD FOR
JUST JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE
-- FOR WHICH THEY PERISHED. --
LET GEORGIA REMEMBER THAT THE
STATE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVE
AND HOW TO DIE; AND THAT FROM HER
BROKEN FORTUNES, SHE HAS PRESERVED
FOR HER CHILDREN, THE PRICELESS
TREASURE OF HER MEMORIES, TEACHING
ALL WHO MAY CLAIM THE SAME
BIRTHRIGHT, THAT TRUTH, VIRTUE AND
PATRIOTISM ENDURE FOREVER.

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http://www.confederatedigest.com/2010/05/bartow-county-confederate-monument.html
 
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Thanks so much for sharing these awe inspiring and heroic monuments.

“No country ever had truer sons, No people-bolder defenders, No principle – purer victims”
Inscribed on the Confederate Monument in front of the Marlboro County Court House in Bennettsville, South Carolina
 
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Source: Alamance County Confederate Monument, Graham. Photo courtesy of Kelly J. Agan.
  • Monument Name

    Alamance County Confederate Monument, Graham
  • Type

    Common Soldier Statue
  • Subjects

    Civil War
  • City

    Graham
  • County

    Alamance
  • Description

    The monument has a single column mounted on a square base and stands about 29 feet high. At the top of the column is a stalwart Confederate soldier “at rest,” looking north. He steps forward with his left foot while resting the butt of his rifle near his feet. The column is engraved with a pair of Confederate flags. At the bottom of the column is a pedestal on which four round orbs sit.

    Inside the concrete base of the monument is a copper box containing the names of 1,100 Confederate soldiers in the Civil War from Alamance and the names of contributors to the monument’s fund. It also holds a number of confederate relics including Confederate money, papers of that day, several old coins and the names of the members of the Graham Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

    Images: View of column and statue from side | Front view of statue | North and east inscriptions | South and east inscriptions | South inscription | Vintage postcard image
  • Inscription

    North face: TO COMMEMORATE WITH GRATEFUL LOVE THE PATRIOTISM, VALOR, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS OF ALAMANCE COUNTY, THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE GRAHAM CHAPTER, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

    South face: ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND, THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, AND GLORY GUARDS, WITH SOLEMN ROUND, THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. / 1861. C. S. A. 1865.

    East face: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, THEY ARE CROWNED WITH IMMORTAL GLORY.

    West face: CONQUERED THEY CAN NEVER BE, WHOSE SPIRITS AND WHOSE SOULS ARE FREE.
  • Custodian

    Alamance County
  • Dedication Date

    May 16, 1914
  • Decade

    1910s
  • Geographic Coordinates

    36.069540 , -79.400350
  • Supporting Sources

    "Historical Postcard Collection," Alamance Libraries, (accessed February 6, 2011) Link
    "Major London’s Address," The Alamance Gleaner, (Alamance, NC), May 28, 1914. Link
    "Programme for Unveiling Confederate Monument," The Alamance Gleaner (Alamance, NC), May 7, 1914 Link
    "Street Scene Showing Confederate Monument, Graham, NC" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill Link
    Jordan, Paul. "Alamance County Confederate Memorial," The Historical Marker Database, (accessed February 6, 2011) Link
    Smith, Blanche Lucas. North Carolina's Confederate Monuments and Memorials, (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1941)
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  • Public Site

    Yes
  • Materials & Techniques

    The base and column are made of Winslow granite while the figure is carved out of Italian marble.
  • Sponsors

    The Graham Chapter, The United Daughters of the Confederacy
  • Monument Cost

    $2,100
  • Orientation

    It is located in Court Square, on the north side of the Alamance County Courthouse.
  • Landscape

    Monument lies across from the Sesquicentennial Garden and in close proximity to various old establishments of Graham, such as Wrike Drug and The Harden House.
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I grew up in an area where there was a Confederate Monument almost at every county court house.
The Confederate Monument at Greenwood, Mississippi, was a common sight. It wasn't until years later that I began to be impressed by its size and the details.

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This Confederate Monument at the Leflore County Court House is unique for a county monument in the number of figures displayed on it.
The top figure represents General Humpreys. On the four sides, figures depict various branches of service.
The touching double figure on the front depicts a woman giving aid to a wounded soldier.

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Photo take during the dedication of the Monument. I believe it was around 1890.

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The program for the dedication stated the two figures on the front represented
a 15-year old soldier who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Collierville, TN.


And just down the road is the Confederate Monument at the Carroll County Court House, also a tall monument.
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Inscription #1, Confederate Monument at St. James United Methodist Church
Photo credit: J. Stephen Conn / Foter.com / CC BY-NC

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Title: Inscription #2, Confederate Monument at St. James United Methodist Church

J. Stephen Conn / Foter.com / CC BY-NC

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Title: Inscription #3, Confederate Monument at St. James United Methodist Church

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Title: Inscription #4, Confederate Monument at St. James United Methodist Church

J. Stephen Conn / Foter.com / CC BY-NC

St. James Methodist Church, Richmond County, GA
 
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Bartow County Confederate Monument, Cartersville, Georgia



LET THE STRANGER WHO MAY IN
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FUTURE TIME READ THIS INSCRIPTION,
AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE MEN,
WHOM POWER COULD NOT CORRUPT,
DEATH COULD NOT TERRIFY,
DEFEAT COULD NOT DISHONOR;
LET THESE VIRTUES PLEAD FOR
JUST JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE
-- FOR WHICH THEY PERISHED. --
LET GEORGIA REMEMBER THAT THE
STATE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVE
AND HOW TO DIE; AND THAT FROM HER
BROKEN FORTUNES, SHE HAS PRESERVED
FOR HER CHILDREN, THE PRICELESS
TREASURE OF HER MEMORIES, TEACHING
ALL WHO MAY CLAIM THE SAME
BIRTHRIGHT, THAT TRUTH, VIRTUE AND
PATRIOTISM ENDURE FOREVER.

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http://www.confederatedigest.com/2010/05/bartow-county-confederate-monument.html



I have been there on more than one occasion and very familiar with this monument.
 
Thanks for sharing these. I'm always moved by the heartfelt sentiment behind these inscriptions, and it really does tell me how difficult the loss of loved ones was to those who were left behind, given how many monuments to the Confederate dead there are across the South.
 
I grew up in an area where there was a Confederate Monument almost at every county court house.
The Confederate Monument at Greenwood, Mississippi, was a common sight. It wasn't until years later that I began to be impressed by its size and the details.

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This Confederate Monument at the Leflore County Court House is unique for a county monument in the number of figures displayed on it.
The top figure represents General Humpreys. On the four sides, figures depict various branches of service.
The touching double figure on the front depicts a woman giving aid to a wounded soldier.

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Photo take during the dedication of the Monument. I believe it was around 1890.

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The program for the dedication stated the two figures on the front represented
a 15-year old soldier who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Collierville, TN.


And just down the road is the Confederate Monument at the Carroll County Court House, also a tall monument.View attachment 15998
That photo on the bottom is actually of Oxford, MS.
 
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