Dardanelle Confederate Monument - Dardanelle, Arkansas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Dardanelle Confederate Monument faces east on the Yell County Courthouse grounds, at the northwest corner of Union and Front streets. The sculpture depicts a Confederate soldier standing atop a plinth that had served as a fountain at one time. He is clean shaven, hatted, and has a blanket roll draped from proper right to proper left waist. He is holding a rifle, muzzle in front of him with the stock at the proper left foot. There is a cut tree trunk to mid thigh at the rear of his proper right leg. The fountain is no longer functional, as the plumbing has been removed. The entire marble portion of the sculpture and base stands on a cast concrete slab. The sculpture is made of white marble and stands 72"x18"x18". The base is cast concrete and marble and has dimensions of 9'x4'x4'.

A11 the inscriptions on the monument are on the east face. On the top of this side is written "18 (space) 61, 18 (space) 65," "CSA' is written on a wreath which is over a crossed banner of stars. Inscribed on the center of the east face is "TO THE / CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS / OF / YELL COUNTY / IN APPRECIATION OF / THEIR SPLENDID VALOR / AND LOYALTY, THIS / MONUMENT IS ERECTED." At the bottom of the east face, on the proper right, is "186 (covered). On the proper left is "865 (covered)." The fountain bowl on the center of the east side contains the inscription "BY / JOE WHEELER / CHAPTER NO. 247 / U.D.C."

The concrete slab at the bottom of the base is cracked and worn. It is exposed and in need of repair and stabilization. The marble portion of the work has extensive lichen and black stain deposits. There is considerable sugaring of the sculpture. A 1994 SOS! survey recommends that the monument would benefit from treatment.