Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 17, 1899.

Statue: white marble; Shaft: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 6 x 6 ft.

(Base, front:) CSA (surrounded by thirteen stars)/THIS MARBLE SOLDIER'S VOICELESS STONE IN DEATHLESS SONG SHALL TELL WHEN MANY A VANISHED YEAR HATH FLOWN, THE STORY HOW YE FELL. IN MEMORY OF OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD. (Base, left side:) THEY ROSE TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES AND FIRESIDES; THEY ENDURED EVERY HARDSHIP WITHOUT COMPLAINT, THEIR SOULS REST WITH GOD; THEIR FAME IS IMMORTAL. (Base, rear:) 1861-1865 BUT THE BUGLE CALL, THE BATTLE BALL AGAIN SHALL ROUSE THEM NEVER; THEY FOUGHT AND FELL, THEY SERVED US WELL, THEIR FURLOUGH LASTS FOREVER. (Base, right side:) GATHER THE SACRED DUST OF THE WARRIORS TRIED AND TRUE, WHO BORE THE FLAG OF OUR NATION'S TRUST AND FELL IN A CAUSE, THOUGH LOST, STILL JUST. unsigned

Figure of a confederate soldier standing at parade rest atop an ornate marble shaft, on a stepped granite base. He wears the uniform of a Confederate private, including a brimmed hat. He holds the barrel of a rifle in both hands. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his proper right foot. His proper left foot is slightly forward and his proper left leg is bent.

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Shelbyville

Administered by City of Shelbyville, 321 Dover Street, Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160

Located Willow Mount Cemetery, Lane Parkway, Confederate Square, Shelbyville, Tennessee

Gift of Agnes L. Whiteside Chapter, of Bedford County, United Daughters of the Confederacy. For related articles, see Shelbyville Times-Gazette, (Shelbyville, TN), Sesqui-Centennial Edition, Oct. 7, 1969; and Cunningham, S. A., The Confederate Veteran Magazine, Nov. 1899. IAS files contain a related article from Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 6.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

Shelbyville Times-Gazette, (Shelbyville, TN), Sesqui-Centennial Edition, Oct. 7, 1969.

Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 6.

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