Amory's Tribute to the Heroes of 1861-1865 - Amory, MS
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YoSam.
N 33° 59.101 W 088° 29.350
16S E 362448 N 3761494
Local Mississippi town tribute to the soldiers and the women sho supported them.
Waymark Code: WMPYTQ
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2015
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County of statue: Monroe County
Location of statue: corner of Main St. & 1st Ave., Frisco Park, Amory
Artist: Unknown
Erected 1924; relocated either 1939 or 1945
Monument Text:
(Front Base - NE side):
[Image of Battle Flag]
AMORY'S TRIBUTE
TO THE HEROES OF
1861 -- 1865
(Proper Left Base - NW side):
[List of Members
Stonewall Camp #427, Amory, Monroe County, MS]
(Proper Right Base - SE side:
[Captains from Monroe County from 1861-1865, from Rogers Company E, 14th Mississippi Infantry]
(Proper Rear Base - SW Side): To the women of the Confederacy whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the last hours of those who died for from the objects of their tenderest love: whose domestic labors contributed much to supply the wants of our defenders in the field whose zealous faith in our cause shone a guiding star undimmed by the darkest clouds of war. Whose fortitude sustained them under all the privations to which they were subjected; whose annual tribute expresses their enduring grief, love, and reverence for our sacred dead, and whose patriotism will teach their children to emulate the deeds of our revolutionary sires. Jefferson Davis
Proper description: "Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a square base on a pedestal. The figure holds his rifle by the barrel, butt on the ground. A relief of the St. Andrew's Cross flag appears on the front of the pedestal, above the inscription." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
Remarks: Cost of the monument was $2,500. It originally stood at the intersection of First Avenue & Main Street before being moved to Frisco Park. The SOS! surveyor gives the relocation date as March 23, 1939 and an attached excerpt from "Monroe County History" gives the relocation date as 1945" ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum