Cicero - Confederate Monument - Selmer, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 10.227 W 088° 35.629
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This quote is often used, modernized language and then attributed to "Author Unknown"...why the correct credit is not given I do not understand...
Waymark Code: WM11EVP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2019
Views: 3
County of memorial: McNairy County
Location of memorial: Court St. & 3rd St., courthouse lawn, Selmer
Memorial Erected by: Battle of Shiloh Camp #1454, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Erected: 1994
Quote made by: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Text of Monument:
(front): Erected 1995 by the Battle of Shiloh Camp #1454 Sons of Confederate Veterans
(Proper Right): C.S.A.
Confederate Units formed in McNairy County
18th (Newsom's) Tenn. Cavalry
Regt. Co. E, f, 2nd G and H
21st (Wilson's) Tenn Cavalry
Regt., Co f.
13th Tenn. Infantry Regt. Co. F
27th Tenn Infantry Regt. Co. B
31st Tenn Infantry Regt. CO. B
C and G.
39th (Avery's) Tenn. Infantry
Regt, Co. G (became 2nd A, 42nd
Tenn. Infantry Regt.
154th Senior Tenn. Infantry
Regt. Co. I.
(proper Left): This monument erected in honor of the gallant Confederate soldiers of McNairy County who fought and died and suffered during the War Between the States 1861-1865.
Sacred is the memory of the men and women of McNairy County for the sacrifices whey made in defending their homeland.
Nor shall your glory be forgotten.
(rear): Poor is a nation that has no heroes.
Shameful is a nation that has heroes and forgets them.
No nation can long survive without pride in its traditions.