Colbert County Confederate Veterans Memorial - Tuscumbia, AL
N 34° 44.020 W 087° 42.226
16S E 435571 N 3843734
The Colbert County Confederate Veterans Memorial is located on the Colbert County Courthouse lawn.
Waymark Code: WMNFM3
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2015
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The Colbert County Confederate Veterans Memorial is a square stone shaft topped with a soldier with his musket. The soldier is wearing a uniform with a floppy hat. He has a bedroll over his shoulder and a bayonet on his belt.
Memorial Text:
A tribute to the Confederate soldiers od Colbert County by the Tuscumbia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1911
The men were right who wore the gray, and right can never die.
"The manner of their death was the crowning glory of their lives." 1861-1865
God of our fathers, help us to preserve for our children the priceless treasure of the true story of the Confederate soldier.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1911
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Tuscumbia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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