To Our Confederate Dead - Macon, Mississippi
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Assisted by: Groundspeak Regular Member SecurB
N 33° 06.365 W 088° 33.652
16S E 354357 N 3664131
Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Noxubee County Courthouse in Macon, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM7R7G
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
Views: 4
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 To Our Confederate Dead - Macon, Mississippi - posted by SecurB

The memorial has a statue of a uniformed Confederate soldier standing on a tall shaft. The monument is inscribed:

Front:

To Our Confederate Dead

On the back:

Erected By The
Walter Barker
Chapter No 242
United Daughters
Of The Confederacy
1901

Also on the back and sides are the names of Confederate soldiers from Noxubee county.

TITLE: To Our Confederate Dead

ARTIST(S): Unknown

DATE: Dedicated June 12, 1901

MEDIUM: Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000402

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Noxubee County Courthouse 505 S. Jefferson Street Macon, MS


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted


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