(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.

Sculpture: approx. 26 ft. x 5 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 14 in. x 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 8 ft. 3 1/2 in.

(On base, front:) ERECTED/UNDER THE/AUSPICES/OF THE/W. SCOTT ESKRIDGE/CHAPTER NO. 1174/U. D. C./TO THE SONS OF /TALLAHATCHIE, WHO/GAVE THEIR HOPES/THEIR LIVES, THEIR/ALL FOR THE GRAND OLD SOUTHERN/CAUSE/OUR HEROES/1861-1865 unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a tall shaft on a tiered base. The figure wears a wide-brimmed hat and stands at parade rest, holding his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt on the ground.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Charleston

Coadministered by Tallahatchie County, Charleston, Mississippi

Coadministered by City of Charleston, Charleston, Mississippi

Located Tallahatchie County Courthouse, Charleston, Mississippi

Erected by the W. Scott Eskridge Chapter 1174 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of those from Tallahatchie County who served in the Civil War.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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