Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Johnny Reb, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 21, 1911.

Sculpture: Carrara marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 21 ft. (30,000 lbs.).

(On front of base:) "In memory of the/confederate/soldiers of/Tippah Cunty/Our heroic dead and/the chivalrous living." 1861-1865 (On north side of base:) "Erected by The Thomas Spight/Chapter United Daughters/of the Confederacy/August 1911/"Lest we forget.'" (On back of the base:) "Sleep soldiers;/Still in honored rest/your truth and/valor wearing;/The bravest are/the tenderest/the loving are the daring." (On south side of base:) ON EVERY GREAT BATTLE/FIELD OF WAR,/THEIR VALOR WAS ILLUSTRATED,/THEY WON IMPERISHABLY.

Soldier standing with the proper left hand above the proper right hand on muzzle. Proper left leg is bent at knee and foot is slightly ahead of proper right foot. The soldier is wearing a hat and has a bag or canteen resting against his proper left hip.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Ripley

Administered by City of Ripley, Ripley, Mississippi 38663

Located Tippah County Courthouse Square, Commerce Street, north east corner of the courtyard, Ripley, Mississippi

The monument was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for $1,500.00 and was imported in 12 sections from Italy. Although the base is inscribed with an August 1911 date, the dedication ceremony was delayed until September 1911. The monument originally stood about 200 yards from its current site - closer to the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets. It was toppled by a truck in May 1970 or 1971; the sentry was beheaded, and his rifle shattered. The abandoned remains were rediscovered in 1979 and pieced together by the Ripley Monument Company, under the direction of Pete Crum. Insurance funds from a truck accident were used to cover restoration costs and the piece was re-erected in 1984.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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