Confederate Memorial -- University of Mississippi, Oxford MS
N 34° 21.919 W 089° 32.043
16S E 266965 N 3805572
The CSA Memorial at the University of Mississippi, an infamous rallying site for white segregationists who rioted to oppose the racial integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962, is listed on the SIRIS database
Waymark Code: WMWZP2
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2017
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This Confederate Memorial was erected on The Circle at the formal entrance to the University of Mississippi in 1906, during the height of the Lost Cause movement.
On 30 Sep 1962 it was the rallying point for white supremacists and anti-segregationists who rioted over several nights to oppose the racial integration of the University of Mississippi.
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Artist: Stinson, John A., sculptor. (possibly by)
Title: (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Inscription:
(East face of sculpture, lower left:)
JOHN A. STINSON/COLUMBUS/MISS.
(On east face of sculpture:)
TO OUR/CONFEDERATE DEAD
1861-1865,
ERECTED BY
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON
CHAPTER 379 U.D.C.
(On south face of sculpture:)
"THEY FELL DEVOTED BUT UNDYING;
THE VERY GALE THEIR NAMES SEEM'D SIGHING;
THE WATERS MURMUR'D OF THEIR NAME;
THE WOODS WERE PEOPLED WITH THEIR FAME;
THE SILENT PILLAR, LONE AND GRAY.
CLAIM'D KINDRED WITH THEIR SACRED CLAY;
THEIR SPIRITS WRAPP'D THE DUSKY MOUNTAIN;
THEIR MEMORY SPARKLED O'ER THE FOUNTAIN,
THE MEANEST RILL, THE MIGHTIEST RIVER,
ROLL'D MINGLING WITH THEIR FAME FOREVER,"
BRYON
(On west side:)
TO THE HEROES
OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY
WHOSE VALOR AND DEVOTION
MADE GLORIOUS MANY A BATTLEFIELD
(On north side: Greek text)
Description:
A uniformed Confederate soldier facing east and standing with his proper left arm raised in salute, his proper left hand touching the brim of his hat. He holds the barrel of his rifle in his proper right hand. The butt of the rifle rests on the plinth by his proper right foot. His proper left leg is slightly bent and his head is turned slightly to the proper left. The soldier stands atop a tall shaft with a carved relief of a Confederate flag on the east face. At the bottom of the shaft in low relief are two crossed swords."