Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Parade Rest, (sculpture).

Installed 1903. Dedicated July 4, 1904.

Sculpture: pink limestone or Dinwiddie granite; Base: limestone, concrete or Dinwiddie granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 24 ft.; Base: approx. W. 5 ft. x D. 5 ft.

(On front at base of pedestal:) 1861 CSA 1865 (In Virginia state seal:) SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS (On front of pedestal near bottom:) CONFEDERATE DEAD (On right of pedestal:) GLORY SITS/BESIDE/OUR GRIEF./LEST WE FORGET (On left of pedestal:) TO THE/DEFENDERS/OF/STATE SOVEREIGNTY./FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH unsigned

Full-length figure of a Confederate soldier. He stands at parade rest. He wears a field uniform with a slouch hat. He holds a gun with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground. A canteen hangs from his proper left belt and a blanket is slung over his proper left shoulder and tied at his proper right waist. A bayonet hangs beside his canteen and a haversack rests at mid-back. His proper right leg leans against a tree stump. The figure stands atop a limestone pedestal which rests on four rough-hewn steps. The seal of the state of Virginia is carved in bas-relief on the front of the pedestal; on the back is a bas-relief of the Battle Flag.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Marion

Administered by United Daughters of the Confederacy, Holston Chapter, 735 Meadow Drive, P. O. Box 788, Marion, Virginia 24354

Located Smyth County Courthouse Square, Marion, Virginia

The monument cost $1,100. Monumental News, March 1903, MOS) Database lists the media as Dinwiddie granite. The monument was cleaned in 1994. IAS files contain copy of related minutes of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Virginia Division, 99th Convention, 1994, Report of Holston Chapter, Marion, VA. For additional information see Benjamin J. Hillman's "Monuments to Memories: Virginia's Civil War Heritage in Bronze and Stone", Virginia Civil War Commission, 1965; and Ralph W. Widener, Jr.'s "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South", Andromeda Association, 1982, pg. 265.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, VA0042, 1989.

Monumental News, March 1903, pg. 194.

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