Confederate Soldiers Monument - Nashville, Tennessee
Posted by: BruceS
N 36° 08.871 W 086° 48.758
16S E 516855 N 4000363
Memorial honoring the Confederate private soldiers at Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WMGDWP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2013
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The monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground.
The base of the monument is inscribed:
On south, front of base, carved into stone:
Duty Done Honor Won 1861-1865
On east, side of base, carved into stone:
To the Heroism of the Private Confederate Soldier
On west, side of base, carved into stone:
Erected 1909 by
Under date, on bronze plaque:
Frank Cheatham BIVOUAC #1 Association of Confederate Soldiers Camp #35 UCV Nashville Tennessee
(list of names of the members of the Frank Cheatham Bivouac)
On north, back of base, carved into stone)
Faithful to the End