Amory's Tribute to the Heroes of 1861-1865, (sculpture).

Amory's Tribute to the Heroes of 1861-1865, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Amory's Tribute to the Heroes of 1861-1865, (sculpture).

1924. Relocated 1939 or 1945.

Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.

Figure: approx. H. 95 in.; Base: approx. W. 10 ft. x D. 10 ft.

(The letter "R" enclosed within an equilateral triangle appears on the rear of the figure) (On southwest side:) "TO THE WOMEN OF THE/CONFEDERACY WHOSE PIOUS/MINISTRATIONS TO OUR/WOUNDED SOLDIERS SOOTHED/THE LAST HOURS OF THOSE/WHO DIED FAR FROM THE/OBJECTS OF THEIR TENDEREST/LOVE: WHOSE DOMESTIC LABORS/CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO/SUPPLY THE WANTS OF OUR/DEFENDERS IN THE FIELD/WHOSE ZEALOUS FAITH IN/OUR CAUSE SHONE A GUIDING/STAR UNDIMMED BY THE/DARKEST CLOUDS OF WAR./WHOSE FORTITUDE SUSTAINED/THEM UNDER ALL THE/PRIVATIONS TO WHICH THEY/WERE SUBJECTED: WHOSE ANNUAL/TRIBUTE EXPRESSES THEIR/ENDURING GRIEF, LOVE, AND/REVERENCE FOR OUR SACRED/DEAD, AND WHOSE PATRIOTISM/WILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN/TO EMULATE THE DEEDS OF/OUR REVOLUTIONARY SIRES./JEFFERSON DAVIS" (The northwest side of the base lists the members of Stonewall Camp #427, Amory, Monroe County, MS) (The southeast side of the base lists the Captains from Monroe County from 1861-1865, from Rogers Company E, 14th Mississippi Infantry) unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a square base on a pedestal. The figure holds his rifle by the barrel, butt on the ground. A relief of the St. Andrew's Cross flag appears on the front of the pedestal, above the inscription.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Amory

Administered by City of Amory, Office of the Mayor, Front Street, Amory, Mississippi 38821

Located Frisco Park, Main Street, Amory, Mississippi

Cost of the monument was $2,500. It originally stood at the intersection of First Avenue & Main Street before being moved to Frisco Park. The SOS! surveyor gives the relocation date as March 23, 1939 and an attached excerpt from "Monroe County History" (Monroe County Book Committee & Curtis Media Corporation, c. 1988) gives the relocation date as 1945. IAS files include the names which appear on the monument and detailed dimensions.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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