Confederate Memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, (sculpture).

Confederate Memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, (sculpture).

Meneze, A. A., sculptor.

Roane, William A., contractor.

Hill City Marble Works, fabricator.

Confederate Memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, (sculpture).

1892-1893. Dedicated April 16, 1893.

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Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 2 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 14 x 4 x 4 ft.

(On front:) 1861-1865/IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN, FROM ALL STATES/OF THE SOUTH, WHO FELL IN/THE DEFENSE OF VICKSBURG/DURING A SIEGE OF 47 DAYS-/MAY 18 TO JULY 3, 1863- A DEFENSE/UNSURPASSED IN THE ANNALS/OF WAR FOR HEROISM, ENDURANCE/OF HARDSHIP, AND PATRIOTIC DEVOTION/"WE CARE NOT WHENCE THEY CAME,/DEAR IN THEIR LIFELESS CLAY,/WHETHER UNKNOWN, OR KNOWN TO FAME,/THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY STILL THE SAME,/THEY DIED-AND THEY WORE THE GRAY."/CONFEDERATE DEAD/ (On right:) 1861-1865/OUR DEAD ARE MOURNED FOREVER/THROUGH ALL THE FUTURE AGES,/IN HISTORY AND IN STORY/THEIR FAME SHALL SHINE,/THEIR NAME SHALL TWINE;/THEY NEED NO GREATER GLORY, TENDERLY FALL OUR TEARS/OVER THEIR LIFELESS CLAY/HERE LIE THE DEAD WHO FOUGHT AND BLED/AND FELL IN GARB OF GRAY./OURS THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED/WHOSE HEARTACHES NEVER CEASE./OURS THE TEARS, REGRETS AND TEARS,/THEIR'S THE ETERNAL PEACE/1861-1865/HERE RESTS SOME FEW OF THOSE/WHO VAINLY BRAVE/DIED FOR THE LAND THEY LOVED,/BUT COULD NOT SAVE (The names of the women of the Building Committee and of the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association appears on the rear of the monument) unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands on a pedestal on a tiered base. The figure wears a long coat, hat and moustache and holds his rifle in front of him, butt on the ground with both hands around the barrel.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg

Administered by City of Vicksburg, Department of Public Works, P. O. Box 150, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180

Located Cedar Hill City Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Commissioned by the Building Committee of the Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association. The foundation was laid June 10, 1892 by William A. Roane. IAS files include the names of the Association members which appear on the back of the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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