Confederate Memorial - Bentonville, Ar
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N 36° 22.355 W 094° 12.514
15S E 391586 N 4025952
This Confederate Memorial is located in the middle of the Bentonville, AR, town square.
Waymark Code: WM5WJ8
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2009
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Information taken from Arkansas Ties website on the Bentonville War Memorial:
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This Confederate Memorial, dedicated on Aug. 8, 1908, has a later tablet honoring James H. Berry. This is a Granite Monument, 20 feet tall, with a Confederate Soldier at parade rest. The word "Confederate" appears on all 4 sides of the memorial.
Carved on Side 1:
To The Southern Soldiers
Erected by A.J. Bates and the James H. Berry Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Aug. 8, 1908
Carved on Side 2:
Their Names are Borne on Honor's Shield.
Their Record is with God.
Carved on Side 3:
They Fought for Home and Fatherland.
Carved on Side 4:
1861 - 1865
Text of the later James H. Berry plaque:
JAMES H. BERRY
1841-1913
SOLDIERS AND STATESMAN
BELOVED OF ARKANSAS
2ND LIEUTENANT
CO. E. 16TH ARK. INFANTRY, C.S.A.
LEGISLATOR-JURIST
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
HE PERFORMED EVERY DUTY
WITH AN EYE
SINGLE TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE
AND HIS OWN UNBLEMSIHED HONOR
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE
BY THE JAMES H. BERRY CHAPTER
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
THE PAT CLEBURNE CAMP
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
AND OTHER FRIENDS
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
AND APPRECIATION
OF HIS NOBLE LIFE AND CHARACTER