Lake Village Confederate Monument - Lake Village, Arkansas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Inscriptions on monument

1861-1865 CSA

TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CHICOT
COUNTY, THE RECORD OF WHOSE SUBLIME
SELF SACRIFICE AND UNDYING DEVOTION
IS THE PROUD HERITAGE
OF A LOYAL POSTERITY.

(On rear of base:)
ERECTED BY THE
CAPTAIN MCCONNELL
AND
GEORGE K. CRACRAFT
CHAPTERS, U.D.C.
A.D. 1910
AND CHICOT COUNTY

WE CARE NOT WHENCE
THEY CAME,
DEAR, IN LIFELESS CLAY
WHETHER UNKNOWN OR KNOWN TO FAME
THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY STILL THE SAMETHEY DIED AND WORE THE GRAY
         FATHER RYAN

The monument was dedicated October 10, 1910.  The monument is located in the median of the street near the Chicot County Courthouse.

Street address: Lakeshore Dr. median, between Main and Jackson Sts. Lake Village, Arkansas County / Borough / Parish: Chicot County Year listed: 1996 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Recreation And Culture - Monument/Marker Current function: Recreation And Culture - Monument/Marker Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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