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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Kosciusko
Sculpture
(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Medium:
Figure: stone (?); Pedestal: granite; Base: possibly marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x W. 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 16 ft. 3 in. x 10 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 1 in.
Inscription:
(On north and south of shaft, in raised letters:) 1861-1865 (On north side:) ATTALA COUNTY'S/TRIBUTE TO THE/BOYS IN GRAY/OUR HEROES (On right side:) C.S.A./TO THE SOUTHERN/SOLDIER./THOUGH YOUR RANKS/NOW FAST ARE FADING/AND THE STARS AND/BARS ARE FURLED,/YET THE SOUTH/WILL LIVE FOREVER/IN THE GLORY OF/YOUR WORLD (On south side:) LORD GOD OF HOSTS,/BE WITH US YET,/LEST WE FORGET./THE NOBLE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH, WHO/WITH EYES UNDIMMED/BY FEAR AND HEARTS/OF SPARTAN COURAGE/GAVE THEIR LOVED ONES/TO OUR COUNTRY, TO/CONQUER OR TO DIE/FOR TRUTH AND RIGHT,/AND WHO ENSHRINED/THEIR DEEDS IN/DEATHLESS LOVE/TO KEEP VIGIL O'ER/SACRED GRAVES (The left side of the monument contains fifteen names of Attala County residents who served in the Civil War) unsigned
Description:
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.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Kosciusko
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Attala County, Board of Supervisors, 230 West Washington, Kosciusko, Mississippi 39090
Located Attala County Courthouse, Kosciusko, Mississippi
Remarks:
IAS files include the names which appear on the monument.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS MS000353
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000353
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