(Tyrrell County Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

(Tyrrell County Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Tyrrell County Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Sculpture: white bronze; Base: concrete and stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in.; Shaft: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft.

(On base, north:) THIS MONUMENT/WAS/ERECTED BY THE/TYRRELL/MONUMENT ASSOCIATION/A. D. 1902./EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/MARK MAJETTE, ABNER ALEXANDER, THOMAS L. JONES, J. S. CAHOON AND C. E. TATEM. FINANCE COMMITTEE MRS. P. V. MCCLEES, MRS. J. C. MEEKINS SR., MISS LINA B. ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT LT. COL. WILLIAM F. BEASLEY/IN MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTIC SONS OF TYRRELL COUNTY/WHO FELL IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES/GENERAL JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREW/HIS NORTH CAROLINIANS WENT FARTHEST AT/GETTYSBURG, PA. (On base, east:) WAR/ENDED/AT/APPOMATTOX/C. H. VA./APRIL 9, 1865./WE LOVINGLY DEDICATE/THIS TABLET/TO/THE MEMORY OF/MARY ALEXANDER/BEASLEY/WHO WAS BORN IN TYRRELL COUNTY/A. D. 1811/AND DIED IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA/IN 1892/SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF/HENRY AND CLARKEY ALEXANDER/AND DEVOTED THE FOUR YEARS OF THE/WAR TO NURSING OUR SOLDIERS WHO/LOVED TO CALL HER "MOTHER BEASLEY."/SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF/LT. COLONEL W. F. BEASLEY/71ST N. C. TROOPS WHO WAS THE/YOUNGEST OFFICER OF HIS RANK IN/THE CONFEDERATE ARMY./THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON AND IS ENTITLED TO THE/ADMIRATION OF ALL WHO LOVE HONOR AND LIBERTY./WILLIAM MORRIS/SAILOR ON MERRIMAC/HAMPTON ROADS, VA.

(On base, south:) IN/APPRECIATION/OF OUR/FAITHFUL SLAVES./CONFEDERATES LIVING IN TYRRELL COUNTY WHEN THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED (31 names follow) TO THE NOBLE WOMEN OF TYRRELL COUNTY, WHOSE DEVOTION/TO OUR CAUSE AND SACRIFICES IN ITS BEHALF/AND FOR THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE FIELD ENTITLE/THEM TO RANK WITH THE HEROINES OF ALL AGES/NELSON MCCLEES, 1ST LT./EDENTON BELL BATTERY/FORT ANDERSON, N.C. (On base, west:) WAR/COMMENCED/AT/FORT SUMTER, S. C./APRIL 12, 1861 (13 names of officers from the 32nd and 33rd North Carolina troops, Company A follow) AS A TRIBUTE TO COMRADES WHO HONORABLY/SERVED THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE TO THE END./WILLIAM M. OWENS, CAPT./CO. G, 2ND N. C. CAVALRY/BRANDY STATION, VA. unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a tall shaft and tiered base. The figure stands at parade rest his Springfield rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt at his proper right foot. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and other uniform items include a bed roll, canteen, cartridge box and bayonet. The base consists of an elaborate shaft on five tiers. A relief medallion of Robert E. Lee in civilian dress of a suit and bow tie appears at the top of the shaft, in front, below figure.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Portrait male -- Lee, Robert E. -- Bust

Occupation -- Military -- General

Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Columbia

Tyrrell County Courthouse, Main Street, Columbia, North Carolina

IAS files contain list of names on memorial.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.

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