Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown (Italian), sculptor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

ca. 1921. Dedicated June 1921.

Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 18 ft.

(On base, west:) IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE SONS OF WINSTON, WHO SO BRAVELY WERE WILLING TO MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THE GREAT PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THE UNITED STATES ENTERED INTO THE GREAT WORLD WAR IN 1917. MAY THE MEMORY OF THEIR CHIVALRY AND PATRIOTISM HANDED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON BE PERPETUATED FOR GENERATIONS YET UNBORN (On base, east:) WINSTON COUNTY'S TRIBUTE TO HER NOBLE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACY, WHO FED AND CLOTHED THEIR FAMILIES AND ARMIES FOR FOUR YEARS 1861-1865. (On base, north:) A TRIBUTE TO WINSTON COUNTY'S SONS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CONFEDERATE WAR 1861-1865 (On base, south:) A TRIBUTE TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN HEROES 1898

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a four-sided shaft on a tiered base. The figure stands at parade rest with his rifle held butt on the ground and both hands around the barrel.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- World War I

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Louisville

Administered by Winston County, Office of the Chancery Clerk, Main & Court Streets, P. O. Drawer 69, Louisville, Mississippi 39339

Located Columbus Street at intersection of Main Street, Louisville, Mississippi

Monument was funded with donations, the sales of postcards with the monument's picture and a children's penny campaign. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, a high wind caused a parked truck to strike the monument, knocking off the figure whose head became detached. The figure was sent to Italy, where it had come from, for repair. IAS files include a related article from the Winston County Journal, June 24, 1921.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.

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