The Confederate Soldier ~ Clinton, NC - Figurative Public Sculpture 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

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Confederate Soldier Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Designer: Cooper Brothers of Raleigh Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Dedicated:May 10, 1916 Materials used: Statue Bronze, base granite Location: Courthouse lawn

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