Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1909 or 1910.

Sculpture: marble; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 10 x 10 ft.

(On base, front:) C.S.A./1861-1865/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS (On base, right:) TIMES CHANGE, MEN OFTEN/CHANGE WITH THEM,/PRINCIPLES NEVER (On base, rear:) ERECTED BY THE/GEN. JOHN F. FORNEY/CHAPTER U.D.C./IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF CALHOUN COUNTY (On base, left:) LET NONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF/THESE MEN OFFER IN THEIR/BEHALF THE PENITENTIAL PLEA/"THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE/RIGHT" BE IT OURS TO TRANS-/MIT TO POSTERITY OUR UNEQUIV-/ICAL [illegible] unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands on a tall shaft and a tiered base. The figure has a moustache and holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt on the ground.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Jacksonville

Administered by City of Jacksonville, 320 Church Avenue N. E., Jacksonville, Alabama 36265

Located Pelham Road, Jacksonville, Alabama

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.

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