Lee County Confederate Memorial -- Tupelo MS
N 34° 15.507 W 088° 42.310
16S E 343002 N 3792128
The tall "Lost Cause" era Confederate Memorial at the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo MS.
Waymark Code: WMX0QD
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2017
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This 20+-foot tall grey granite "Lost Cause" era Confederate Memorial at the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo MS lists the names, ranks, and units of each Lee County Soldier who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
On each of the sides, the "Lost Cause" mythology is engraved, as follows:
"CSA
Erected in honor of,
and to the memory of
Confederate soldiers,
by their
comrades, their
sons, and daughters.
The love, gratitude,
and memory of the
People of the South,
shall gild their
fame in one eternal
sunshine.
Unveiled May 3rd, 1906
[CSA maltese cross 1861-1865]
[E side]
"Oh! Grieve not hearts;
her matchless slain,
crowned with the
Warrior's wreath,
from beds of fame
there proud refrain
was liberty or death."
--
"Their names
glow on the roll which
duty keeps for fame,
that golden role with
iron pin engraved,
dipped in the heart
blood of the noble dead."
[W side]
"The Loyal and thus,
their faith sealed
with their most
precious blood."
[N side]
"Those who die
for a right
principal, did
not die in vain."
From the National Register Nomination Form for the Lee County Courthouse: (
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"The southwest corner of the square features a stone and marble Confederate memorial. This monument consists of a tiered base, a middle section displaying swags and columns in the shape of upright cannon barrels, and a tall, castellated pillar surmounted by a statue of a Confederate soldier. The names of Confederates from the area are inscribed on the monument. Originally unveiled in 1906, this statue was erected at the intersection of Main and Broadway and served as the eastern terminus of a median. In the mid 1930s, the memorial was moved to its present location (Kincannon and Milam 1922: 9, 21; Louise Godwin Interview 6 April 1991)."