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    		• Stinson, John A.,
     
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    		• Columbus Marble Works,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Oxford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Stinson, John A., sculptor.
    Columbus Marble Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1907.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: marble; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 351 x 83 1/2 x 83 1/2 in.; Foundation: approx. 11 x 108 x 108 in.
    Inscription: 
    (North side:) THE/SONS OF VETERANS UNITE IN/THIS JUSTIFICATION OF THEIR/FATHERS FAITH. (East side:) A TRIBUTE TO/OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD/BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES. (South side:) IN MEMORY OF/THE PATRIOTISM OF THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY,/MISSISSIPPI./THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN A JUST AND HOLY CAUSE./ERECTED 1907. (West side:) A LOVING TRIBUTE TO/THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAD HEROES,/BY THE/PATRIOTIC DAUGHTERS OF/LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. unsigned
    Description: 
    A figure of a Confederate soldier standing at parade rest. He wears a uniform including a hat. He holds the barrel of a rifle in both hands. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his proper right foot. His proper left foot is slightly forward and bent at the knee. He stands atop a marble shaft and base, facing south. On the south face of the shaft is a low relief of a furled Confederate flag. The base of the monument is stepped.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Oxford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Lafayette County, Sheriff, 206 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, Mississippi 38655
    Located Lafayette County Courthouse, South side, Oxford, Mississippi 38655
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5018, 1989.
    Monumental News, Sept. 1905; Oct. 1905.
    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 MS000024
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