Dual Destiny - Double Springs, AL - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

County of statue: Winston County
Location of statue: Blake Dr., between courthouse and bank, Double Springs
Artist: Branko Medenica, sculptor

Plaque Text:

DUAL DESTINY The Civil War was not fought between the North and South but between the Union and Confederate Armies. Perhaps as many as 300,000 Southerners served in the Union Army. The majority of the Appalachian South from West Virginia to Winston County was pro-Union. Winston provided 239 Union and 112 Confederate soldiers, 21 of whom shared last names.

This Civil War soldier, one-half Union and one-half Confederate, symbolizes the war within a war and honors the Winstonians in both armies. Their shiny new swords of 1861 were by 1865 as broken as the spirits of the men who wore them; and their uniforms of blue and grey, once fresh and clean, were now as worn and patched as the bodies and souls they contained. Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, disillusioned by the realities of war, share dual destinies as pragmatic Americans in a reunited nation.

Donald B. Dodd

Branko Medenica
Sculptor

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"An odd statue of a soldier that's one-half Yankee and one-half Reb commemorates an Alabama county that didn't join the Confederacy."

"This monument to the pain of civil war is a soldier wearing half a uniform from the Confederacy and half from the Union. The clothes are worn and the sword is broken. The statue stands in front of the Winston County courthouse. Winston County did not join the Confederacy and is still known as the "Free State of Winston." ~ Roadside America

Google News article about this statue

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Dual Destiny Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Branko Medenica Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1987 Materials used: Bronze statue, bronze plaque, stone base Location: Blake Sr, in front of courthouse

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