Lake Village Confederate Monument - Lake Village, Arkansas
Posted by: BruceS
N 33° 19.887 W 091° 16.901
15S E 659924 N 3689350
Confederate monument also known as the Chicot County Confederate Memorial is located in Lake City near the Chicot County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM37NR
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2008
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Inscriptions on monument
1861-1865 CSA
TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CHICOT
COUNTY, THE RECORD OF WHOSE SUBLIME
SELF SACRIFICE AND UNDYING DEVOTION
IS THE PROUD HERITAGE
OF A LOYAL POSTERITY.
(On rear of base:)
ERECTED BY THE
CAPTAIN MCCONNELL
AND
GEORGE K. CRACRAFT
CHAPTERS, U.D.C.
A.D. 1910
AND CHICOT COUNTY
WE CARE NOT WHENCE
THEY CAME,
DEAR, IN LIFELESS CLAY
WHETHER UNKNOWN OR KNOWN TO FAME
THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY STILL THE SAMETHEY DIED AND WORE THE GRAY
FATHER RYAN
The monument was dedicated October 10, 1910. The monument
is located in the median of the street near the Chicot County Courthouse.