Dual Destiny - Double Springs, AL - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

County of plaque: Winston County
Location of statue & plaque: Blake Dr., between courthouse and bank, Double Springs
Plaque erected by: Double Springs Tourism & Donald Dodd
Artist: Branko Medenica, sculptor

Plaque Text:

DUAL DESTINY The Civil War was not fought between the North and South but between the Union and Confederate Armies. Perhaps as many as 300,000 Southerners served in the Union Army. The majority of the Appalachian South from West Virginia to Winston County was pro-Union. Winston provided 239 Union and 112 Confederate soldiers, 21 of whom shared last names.

This Civil War soldier, one-half Union and one-half Confederate, symbolizes the war within a war and honors the Winstonians in both armies. Their shiny new swords of 1861 were by 1865 as broken as the spirits of the men who wore them; and their uniforms of blue and grey, once fresh and clean, were now as worn and patched as the bodies and souls they contained. Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, disillusioned by the realities of war, share dual destinies as pragmatic Americans in a reunited nation.

Donald B. Dodd

Branko Medenica
Sculptor

Group that erected the marker: Double Springs Tourism & Donald Dodd URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 11 Blake Dr., between courthouse and bank Double Springs, AL USA 35553

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