(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

David Owen Dodd Statue, (sculpture).

Confederate Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 22, 1910.

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Sculpture: Georgia marble; Base: Georgia marble; Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 5 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 10 x 10 ft.

(On front of base, raised lettering:) (Top of column:) CSA (Bottom:) TO THE MEMORY OF/OUR CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS./WE CARE NOT WHENCE THEY CAME,/DEAR IN THEIR LIFELESS CLAY./WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN/TO FAME/THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY/STILL THE SAME./THEY DIED AND WORE THE GREY./THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED TO/J. ED MURRAY COLONEL/OF THE 5TH ARKANSAS REGIMENT./KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA./JULY 22, 1864/AGE 21 YEARS. (On rear of base:) 1861 - 1865/CONFEDERATE (On west side of base:) ERECTED BY THE/DAVID OWEN DODD/CHAPTER./UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY./NOV 10, 1910/IN LEGEND AND LAY/OUR HEROS (sic) IN GRAY/SHALL FOREVER LIVE OVER/AGAIN FOR US (On east side of base:) A TRIBUTE TO DAVID OWEN DODD/OUR MARTYR HERO/HANGED AT LITTLE ROCK/AS A SPY JAN. 8, 1864/AGED 17 YEARS/HE WAS OFFERED LIFE AND/LIBERTY BUT PREFERRED TO/DIE RATHER THAN PROVE/FALSE TO HIS TRUST: unsigned

A uniformed Civil War soldier, with a mustache and beard, stands at parade rest holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands in front of him, the butt of which rests at his feet. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, a waist-length jacket and ammunition belt, and a scabbard and binocular's case at his proper left hip. A blanket roll is slung across his proper left shoulder. The sculpture is mounted atop a column with a tiered bottom and a stepped base. There is a sphere at each corner on top of the upper tier of the base. The sculpture rests on a square foundation and is surrounded by a chain and post fence.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Homage -- Dodd, David Owen

Homage -- Murray, J. Ed

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Pine Bluff

Administered by Jefferson County, Barraque Street at Main Street, County Courthouse, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601

Located County Courthouse, North side, Barraque Street at Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Formerly located Pine Bluff High School, In front of the John Allen Building, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

The sculpture honors David Owen Dodd, Colonel J. Ed Murray, and the Confederate soldiers from Arkansas who served during the Civil War. The sculpture was paid for by the David Owen Dodd chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Fundraising efforts for the sculpture began in 1907. Seventeen-year-old Dodd was hanged for being a spy on January 8, 1864, by General Frederick Steele, the Union Army commander of Arkansas. Dodd was caught transporting a telegraph code that was a partial description of the military strength of the federal forces in Little Rock. According to popular legend, after the rope had been adjusted around Dodd's neck, he was given the chance to reveal the names of those who aided him in obtaining the information, and thus save his own life, but he refused to do so. He has become known as the "Nathan Hale of Arkansas." J. Ed Murray was Colonel of the 5th Arkansas Regiment and was killed at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864 at the age of 21 years. IAS files contain related articles from the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, July 23, 1910, pg. 1-2; and the Pine Bluff Commercial, July 22, 1973, pg. 4.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monument and Outdoor Sculpture database, AR0008, 1989.

Monumental News, Sept. 1910, pg. 706.

Pine Bluff Commercial, July 22, 1973, pg. 4.

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