Confederate Statue - Cleveland, Mississippi - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Monument Inscription

BOLIVAR TROOP
CHAPTER
U.D.C.

C.S.A.

TO THE MEMORY/OF OUR
CONFEDERATE DEAD
1861-65

DEAD UPON THE FIELD OF GLORY.
HERO FIT FOR SONG AND STORY.

 

 (On other side)

C.S.A.
BOLIVAR COUNTY'S
TRIBUTE TO SOUTHERN HEROISM.

NO NATION EVER ROSE SO FREE FROM CRIME,
NOR FELL SO FREE FROM STAIN.

 

The monument has a uniformed Confederate soldier rendering a salute with his left hand.  He is holding a rifle barrel in his right hand with  its butt resting at his feet.  He is carrying a backback.  The statue is on a tall multi-tiered base with  relief of flags on its front and back.

 The monument was erected by the Bolivar Troop Chapter No. 1067, United Daughters of the Confederacy.  The  Board was granted $2,500 and an addtional $500 was raised by the chapter.  The state was cared in Carrara, Italy.  The statue as accidently dropped into New York harbor when it was being unloaded from the ship and sunk to the bottom of the bay.  It was recovered and continued it trip to Cleveland, Mississippi in time for the dedication ceremony on May 14, 1908.

The monument is located on grounds of the  Bolivar County Courthouse in the historic area of Cleveland, Mississippi.

TITLE: Confederate Statue ARTIST(S): Unknown (Italian), sculptor, Columbus Marble Works, fabricator. DATE: Dedicated May 14, 1908. MEDIUM: Figure: Italian marble; Base: Georgia marble, CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000209 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Bolivar County Courthouse Pearlman Ave & Court St Cleveland, Mississippi DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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