Confederate Soldiers of Jackson County - Marianna, FL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This zinc Confederate memorial is an obelisk-type monument on a concrete base. There are four bas relief images, one on each side of the monument above the text panels. The panel on the east side is of a mounted cavalryman, on the north side crossed sabers, on the west side the bust of a private soldier, and on the south side a stack of three rifles. On the lowest part of the monument on the east side is the following text in large letters: "Nov. 30, 1881."

Text on east panel:

In memory of the
Confederate
Soldiers
of
Jackson County, Florida

Text on north panel:

We care not whence they came,
dear in their lifeless clay!
Whether unknown, or known
to fame,
their cause and country
still the same -
they died - and wore the gray.

Text on west panel:

In God we trust.

Text on south panel:

Of the warriors tried and true,
who bore the flag of our
peoples trust,
and fell in a cause, though lost,
still just,
and died for me and you.

TITLE: Confederate Soldiers of Jackson County ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: November 30, 1881. MEDIUM: Sculpture: concrete and metal; Base: concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS FL000120 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 4445 Lafayette Street Marianna, Florida 32446 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The sculpture medium is listed as concrete and metal and the base as concrete. However, the sculpture itself is entirely metal -- it's zinc (also known as white bronze) to be specific.

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