Flag Unfurled - Pontotoc, MS - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

County of statue: Pontotoc County
Location of statue: center of Confederate Park (town square), Pontotoc
Date erected: 1919
Artist: Unknown
Monument erected by: United Daughters of the Confederacy

"43A. (C) Confederate Monument
1930's Confederate Monument located in the center of the park. Monument consists of a stone statue of a Confederate soldier resting on a high stone pedestal. The soldier faces south, towards the courthouse." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

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Monument text:
(Front Base):

C.S.A. Mrs. Stella Wilson Herman - First President of R. A. Pinson Chapter, Under whose guidance this monument was erected[Battle Flag]
OUR HEROES
1861 - 1865 [Bottom two tiers of lower base contain names and units of those who served - Names can be read in the photo gallery]

(Proper Left):

C.S.A.
[Long list of names down the entire shaft
Including the lower base steps]
Brass plaque on bottom step of lower base:
Three names added to original list

(Proper Right):

C.S.A.
[Long list on name down shaft
and lower setps of the base]

(Rear Clumn & Base): Love's tribute to the soldiers who marched 'neath the Stars and the Bars and were faithful to duty, The R.A. Pinson Chapter, D.D.C. erects this monument in grateful remembrance.
[More names and units]

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Proper Description: "Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a tiered base on a four-sided shaft. Facing west, the figure holds his rifle in front of him, butt on the ground, and barrel in proper right hand. Decorative reliefs on the shaft include a waving Confederate flag and a dove flying downward, with an olive branch in its mouth." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Remarks: "Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
The sculpture was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of $2,500. The monument was erected in the spring of 1919; and over 90 soldier names were inscribed in 1931" ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1916 Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: Main St. (MS 41), Confederate Park Pontotoc, MS 38863 Sculptors Name: Unknown

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