The Confederate Soldier ~ Clinton, NC - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

County of statue: Sampson County
Location of statue: Main St., Courthouse lawn, Clinton
Artist: Unknown Sculptor
Designer: Cooper Brothers of Raleigh
date dedicated: May 10, 1916
Erected by: Ashford-Sillers Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy

Monument text:
(front base):

In Honor of
THE
CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS
OF
SAMPSON COUNTY
Who bore the flag of a nation's trust and fell in a couse though lost, still just, and died for me and you
1861 -- 1865 (rear base): Ashford - Sillers
Chapter
U. D. C.
May 10, 1916

Remarks: "Commissioned by the Ashford-Sillers Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy for $1,700. The County contributed $250 and the Chapter raised the remainder. The monument project was initiated in 1909. The base was built by Cooper Brothers in 1914 and the figure was added in 1916." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Additional info can be read at Commemorative Landscape

TITLE: The Confederate Soldier ARTIST(S): Cooper Brothers of Raleigh DATE: Dedicated: May 10, 1916 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granit CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NC000343 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Main St. & Wall St., Courthouse lawn, Clinton, NC 28328 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noticed, yet, could add the flag detail on the base to the proper description

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