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The '''Confederate Soldiers Monument''' is a monument to the soldiers from [[St. Clair County, Alabama]] who fought for the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA) during the [[United States Civil War|American Civil War]]. It was funded by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] (UDC) and was dedicated on April 23, 1923 on the grounds of the St. Claire County court house in [[Ashville, Alabama]].
The '''Confederate Soldiers Monument''' is a monument to the soldiers from [[St. Clair County, Alabama]] who fought for the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA) during the [[United States Civil War|American Civil War]]. It was funded by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] (UDC) and was dedicated April 23, 1923, on the grounds of the St. Clair County courthouse in [[Ashville, Alabama]].


The monument includes a larger than life-sized marble statue of a CSA soldier placed on top of a 10 foot tall stone base. The soldier is standing at rest, holding a rifle, the stock of which is placed on the base by the soldier's foot. The rifle has been replaced at least once. The inscription on the base reads in part, “TO THE HONOR OF ST. CLAIR CO. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS, THROUGH ASHVILLE CHAPTER U.D.C. 1923<ref>https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=150R95619M0K0.460&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100008~!177997~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Alabama+--+Ashville&index=OBJEC</ref>
The monument includes a larger than life-sized marble statue of a CSA soldier placed on top of a 10-foot-tall stone base. The soldier is standing at rest, holding a rifle, the stock of which is placed on the base by the soldier's foot. The rifle has been replaced at least once. The inscription on the base reads in part, "TO THE HONOR OF ST. CLAIR CO. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS, THROUGH ASHVILLE CHAPTER U.D.C. 1923".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=150R95619M0K0.460&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100008~!177997~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Alabama+--+Ashville&index=OBJEC|title=Confederate Monument, (sculpture).|website=Siris-artinventories.si.edu|accessdate=3 January 2019}}</ref>


A version of the [[Confederate battle flag|CSA battle flag]] is carved on the front.<ref> Widener, Ralph W. Jr. Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States, Andromeda Associates, and Ralph W. Widner, Jr., Ph.D., Washington D.C., 1982 p.1</ref>
A version of the [[Confederate battle flag|CSA battle flag]] is carved on the front.<ref>Widener, Ralph W. Jr. ''Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States'', Washington D.C.: Andromeda Associates and Ralph W. Widner, Jr., Ph.D., 1982, p. 1.</ref>


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[[Category:1923 sculptures]]
[[Category:1923 sculptures]]
[[Category:American Civil War military monuments and memorials]]
[[Category:Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Alabama]]
[[Category:Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Alabama|Confederate States Of America]]
[[Category:United Daughters of the Confederacy monuments and memorials]]

Latest revision as of 02:48, 25 June 2021

The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a monument to the soldiers from St. Clair County, Alabama who fought for the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War. It was funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and was dedicated April 23, 1923, on the grounds of the St. Clair County courthouse in Ashville, Alabama.

The monument includes a larger than life-sized marble statue of a CSA soldier placed on top of a 10-foot-tall stone base. The soldier is standing at rest, holding a rifle, the stock of which is placed on the base by the soldier's foot. The rifle has been replaced at least once. The inscription on the base reads in part, "TO THE HONOR OF ST. CLAIR CO. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS, THROUGH ASHVILLE CHAPTER U.D.C. 1923".[1]

A version of the CSA battle flag is carved on the front.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Confederate Monument, (sculpture)". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ Widener, Ralph W. Jr. Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States, Washington D.C.: Andromeda Associates and Ralph W. Widner, Jr., Ph.D., 1982, p. 1.

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