(Confederate Monument), (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992.; National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5018, 1989.; Monumental News, Sept. 1905; Oct. 1905.; Image on file.; (North side:) THE/SONS OF VETERANS UNITE IN/THIS JUSTIFICATION OF THEIR/FATHERS FAITH. (East side:) A TRIBUTE TO/OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD/BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES. (South side:) IN MEMORY OF/THE PATRIOTISM OF THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY,/MISSISSIPPI./THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN A JUST AND HOLY CAUSE./ERECTED 1907. (West side:) A LOVING TRIBUTE TO/THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAD HEROES,/BY THE/PATRIOTIC DAUGHTERS OF/LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. unsigned; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: A figure of a Confederate soldier standing at parade rest. He wears a uniform including a hat. He holds the barrel of a rifle in both hands. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his proper right foot. His proper left foot is slightly forward and bent at the knee. He stands atop a marble shaft and base, facing south. On the south face of the shaft is a low relief of a furled Confederate flag. The base of the monument is stepped.

Owner/Location: Administered by Lafayette County Sheriff 206 North Lamar Boulevard Oxford Mississippi 38655; Located Lafayette County Courthouse South side Oxford Mississippi 38655

Topic: History--United States--Civil War; Occupation--Military--Soldier; Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform; Object--Weapon--Gun; Object--Other--Flag; Figure male--Full length