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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- West Point
Obelisk
Sculpture
(Confederate Monument, Clay County), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Confederate Monument, Clay County), (sculpture).
Dates:
1907.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 30 ft.; Base: approx. W. 12 ft. x D. 19 ft.
Inscription:
1861 GLORIA VICTIS 1865/JOHN M. STONE CHAPTER/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY/PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF CLAY COUNTY/CSA/ERECTED 1907//CLAY COUNTY HOLDS IN PROUD/AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/HER BRAVE AND LOYAL SONS/WHO PREFERRED DEATH/TO A BETRAYAL/OF HER DEAREST PRINCIPLES.//MIGHT OVERCAME;/LET NOT OUR SONS FORGET/THAT THESE UNSULLIED/HEROES/FOUGHT FOR RIGHT.//"NO NATION ROSE/SO WHITE AND FAR/OR FELL SO/PURE OF CRIME." unsigned
Description:
Monument consists of a four-sided obelisk with two uniformed Confederate soldiers standing on opposite sides on the top tier of the base. Both figures stand at ease holding their rifle butts on the ground with 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 -- West Point
Obelisk
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Clay County, Department of Public Works, 204 Commerce Street, P. O. Box 1117, West Point, Mississippi 39773
Located Commerce Street, West Point, Mississippi
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 MS000355
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000355
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