Confederate Soldier Statue, (sculpture).

Confederate Soldier Statue, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Crigler, O. L., contractor.

Confederate Soldier Statue, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: marble; Base: marble and granite (?); Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 30 ft. x 10 in. x 10 in.

(Front of base:) (Top, in scrolled script:) CSA/(Lower:) TO THE HEROES OF/1861-1865/NOT DEAD,/BUT LIVING/IN DEEDS, SUCH LIVES INSPIRE/1861-1865/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS (One side of base:) "WHETHER ON THE SCAFFOLD/HIGH, OR IN THE BATTLE'S VAN,/THE FITTEST PLACE WHERE/MAN CAN DIE,/IS WHERE HE DIES FOR MAN." (Rear of base:) ERECTED BY/DUDLEY W. JONES CAMP/NO. 121/AND DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY (Other side of base:) AS LONG AS HONOR OR COURAGE/IS CHERISHED, THE DEEDS OF/THESE HEROES WILL LIVE. unsigned

A tall shaft topped with a figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier standing. He wears a campaign hat and clasps the barrel of his rifle with both hands, the butt resting by his feet. A stump rises behind his proper right leg. The granite shaft is decorated with a Confederate flag on the front, and crossed sabers on the rear. Stone spheres, perhaps granite, are set on the corners of the base below the shaft. The lower section of the base is stepped, and set on a concrete block. The monument is surrounded by an ornate wrought iron fence.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Mount Pleasant

Administered by Titus County Commissioners Court, County Judge's Office, Titus County Courthouse, Mount Pleasant, Texas 75455

Located Courthouse Square, Corner of East First & South Jefferson, Mount Pleasant, Texas

The monument was erected by the Dudley W. Jones, Camp No. 121, United Confederate Veterans, and Daughters of the Confederacy. The exact dates of the monument are unknown, but it is believed to have been erected between 1906 and 1912, most likely in 1911. The figure is reported to have been carved in Italy; the base may have been fabricated in Georgia. In 1915, O. L. Crigler of Mt. Pleasant erected the concrete foundation around the monument to keep wagons from getting too close. IAS files contain excerpt from Traylor Russell's "History of Titus County, Texas," Waco, TX: W. M. Morrison, 1965, pg. 188-190.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

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