Leflore County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Leflore County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Columbus Marble Works, fabricator.

Leflore County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 9, 1913.

Georgia marble.

Sculpture: approx. H. 35 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 16.75 x 16.1 ft.

(On front of monument, front pedestal:) LEFLORE COUNTY'S TRIBUTE/TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY./ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES/OF THE VARINA JEFFERSON DAVIS/CHAPTER OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY./OCT. 9, 1913 (On front pedestal, proper right side:) THE STAR OF THE/WEST WAS CAPTURED/BY A SQUAD OF/CONFEDERATE/CAVALRY AT SABINE/PASS AND SCUTTLED/IN 1863/IN TALLAHATCHIE RIVER/AT FORT PEMBERTON/THREE MILES FROM/GREENWOOD. (On proper right pedestal:) REPLICA OF THE PILOT WHEEL OF/THE STEAMER STAR OF THE WEST. (On rear pedestal, proper right side:) STEAMER STAR OF THE WEST./IN 1861 THE/FIRST GUN OF/THE WAR BETWEEN/THE STATES WAS/FIRED AT THIS/VESSEL IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. (On rear pedestal, back:) FATHER, THY WILL BE DONE./TO THE CONFEDERATE WOMAN/NONE HAS TOLD THE STORY OF HER,/WHOSE HEART AND LIFE WERE A SACRIFICE. OFFERED AS VALIANTLY/AND UNSELFISHLY UPON THE ALTAR OF/HER SOUTHLAND, AS WAS ANY/WARRIORS LIFE UPON THE BATTLEFIELD. SO TO/HER IN PART WE HAVE PLACED THIS/MONUMENT, THAT ALL MAY KNOW SHE/LOVED HER COUNTRY, AND ENFOLD HER/MEMORY IN ETERNAL GLORY,/CHERISHING IT FOREVER. (On proper left pedestal:) A TESTIMONIAL OF/OUR AFFECTION AND/REVERENCE FOR THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIER/THE MEMORY OF WHOSE/BRAVE DEEDS AND HEROIC/LIFE, AND THE PRINCIPLES/FOR WHICH HE SACRIFICED/SO MUCH WE BEQUEATH TO/OUR CHILDREN THROUGH/ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS. (Near the top of the main shaft of the monument, front and rear:) 1861-1865

A monument constructed of Georgia marble consisting of four steps leading up to a tall shaft surrounded by four pedestals which jut out, one from each side of the shaft. On the front pedestal is a depiction of a woman in a long dress kneeling to care for a wounded soldier. The woman supports the soldier's head with her proper left hand and holds a cup in her proper right hand. The soldier sits with knees slightly bent and his proper left hand supporting much of his weight behind him. On the back pedestal is the standing figure of a woman, wearing a long dress and clasping her hands at shoulder height as if praying. On the proper right pedestal is a Confederate artilleryman holding the rammer staff for his weapon in his proper left hand. Behind him is a stack of cannon balls. He is either saluting or shading his eyes with his proper right hand. On the pedestal on the proper left is the figure of a Confederate soldier in the process of drawing his sword with his proper right hand. His rifle is slung across his back. Atop the main shaft of the monument is "a statue of a Confederate artillery officer observing the fire of his unit." He stands with his proper right hand raised to his chest and his proper left hand by his side. On the front of the shaft is a relief carving of a Confederate flag.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse

Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Greenwood

Administered by Leflore County Board of Supervisors, 100 Fulton Street, Greenwood, Mississippi 38930

Located Leflore County Courthouse, Fulton Street, southeast corner of Courthouse grounds, Greenwood, Mississippi 38930

There are two time capsules buried under concrete on the northwest side of the monument. Inscription on time capsules reads: These capsules placed here by order of Board of Supervisors during Leflore County Centennial/To be opened April 2021/To be opened April 2071. Monument was erected by the Varina Jefferson Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. According to the 1993 SOS! survey, the pose for the statue at the top of the monument may have been copied from "a painting by W. H. Sheppard entitled "The Artilleryman" which is in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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