Our Confederate Dead - Pensacola, FL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"Pensacola’s tribute to the Confederacy is located in Lee Square, bounded on the east and west by North Palafox, on the north by Gadsden St., and on the south by Jackson St. The obelisk was dedicated in 1891 in memory of Jefferson Davis, Stephen R. Mallory, Edward Aylesworth Perry, and the Uncrowned Heroes of the Southern Confederacy. The monument was funded by the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association, and was inspired by “Appomattox,” the confederate memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. Atop the obelisk is the figure of a confederate soldier, head bowed, looking southward. At the time of the 1891 dedication, the Pensacola Daily News claimed ten-thousand people out of the eleven-thousand population attended the June ceremony in the square formerly known as Florida Park. The monument can be visited today in the park overlooking downtown Pensacola."
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"Confederate soldier standing with both arms folded across his chest. His hat is in his proper right hand and his proper left foot is forward. A bag and a canteen hangs on his proper right side. The soldier has a mustache and curly hair. He stands atop a tall shaft, inscribed at bottom."
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Southern inscription:
A.D. 1861-A.D. 1865
The Uncrowned Heroes of the Southern Confederacy, whose joy was to suffer and die for a cause they believed to be just. Their unchallenged devotion and matchless heroism shall continue to be the wonder and inspiration of the ages.

Eastern inscription:
Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States of America, Soldier, statesman, patriot, Christian. The only man in our nation without a country, yet twenty million people mourn his death.

Northern inscription:
Stephen R. Mallory,
Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America.
"tis not in mortals to command success; but we'll do more sempronius, we'll deserve it."

Western inscription:
Edward Aylesworth Perry.
Captain of the Pensacola "Rifles," Colonel of the Second Florida Regiment, General of the Florida Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. Among the first to volunteer in the defense of his adopted state. Faithful in every position to which his merit advanced him. His life and deeds constitute his best monument.

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TITLE: Our Confederate Dead ARTIST(S): J. F. Manning Company (fabricator); M. Casper Buberl (figure) DATE: November 5, 1890. Dedicated June 17, 1891. MEDIUM: Sculpture: granite; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS FL000118 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 699 N Palafox St, Pensacola, FL 32501 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: none

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