Confederate Soldier - Ozark, AL
N 31° 27.508 W 085° 38.421
16R E 629180 N 3481213
The Confederate Soldier stands atop the Dale County Confederate Soldiers Memorial.
Waymark Code: WMN3VN
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2014
Views: 1
The Confederate Soldier is a life-size stone sculpture of an infantryman. He is wearing a slouch hat and has a bed roll slung across his shoulder. His musket is grounded in front od him.
The memorial text reads:
In Memory of the Dale County Confederate soldiers who fought in the War Between the States from 1861 to ’65.
These were men who, by the simple manhood of their lives, by their strict adherence to the principles of right, by their sublime courage and unspeakable sacrifices, even to the heroism of death, have preserved for us, through the gloom of defeat, a priceless heritage of honor.
Erected by Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U.D.C. No. 667, A.D. 1910
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Confederate Soldier
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1910
Materials used: Stone
Location: The sculpture is located on the grounds of the Dale Coounty Courthouse.
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