As southern soldiers of the war of 1861-65, they share the fame that mankind awards to the heroes who served in that great conflict. VIRGINIA HONORS THE/BRAVE ERECTED AUG. 24, 1882, BY THE LADIES' WARREN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Muscogee County. A 51.5 ft (15.7 m) granite obelisk crowned by a Confederate soldier statue, surrounded by 9 ft (2.7 m) marble statues of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Albert Sidney Johnston and Stonewall Jackson, in part: "The Spirit of the Confederacy erected by the Robert E. Lee Chapter N. 186 U.D.C. Confederate Statues and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Yes , the Confederate statues (primarily erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy) need to be removed and placed in American history museums where children will learn about this country’s despicable history of slavery. /WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN / TO FAME / THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY / STILL THE SAME. To some, these memorial statues and markers are viewed as divisive and thus unworthy of being allowed … The Confederate statue was taken down just two weeks ago, but the UDC wants it back up. Ben Campbell, Burns and Campbell, fabricator, "In memory of Dindiddie's Confederate soldiers, that their heroic deeds. List of monuments erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Alabama. To Bless the Turf, / That wraps their Clay." I have read it and heard it myself in Christian circles in recent memory. ", in part: THE SOUTH REVERES / HER WASHINGTON / JEFFERSON, MADISON / MONROE, ANDREW JACKSON / AND OTHERS WHO LAID / THE FOUNDATIONS OF / OUR GRAND REPUBLIC / SHE HONORS HER LEE /STONEWALL JACKSON / STUART, JOHNSON, FOREST / AND EVERY BRAVE SON / WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE / OUR LIBERTIES, / GUARANTEED BY THE FATHERS / UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. It has no speech nor language within its folds, the dead who died under it, lie fitly shrouded. "TO OUR CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS/1861 - 1865 / "THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH / THEY FOUGHT CAN NEVER DIE" / CONFEDERATE/DEAD "TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT / AND LIVED / TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT / AND DIED" / THIS STONE IS ERECTED / TO KEEP FRESH IN MEMORY / THE NOBLE DEEDS OF / THESE DEVOTED SONS. KNOW THAT THESE FELL IN THE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH JUST GOVERNMENT AND PERPETUATE CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY. (Please learn more about it here:  “7 Things the UDC Might Not Want You to Know About It,” “Time to Expose the Women Still Celebrating the Confederacy.” You can also find a list of their monuments here.). But then reactionary balderdash is what gave rise to these statues in the first place. Gen. Bec, at the first battle of Manassas / Thomas J. ", "ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16, 1859,/HEYWARD SHEPHERD, AN INDUSTRIOUS/AND RESPECTED COLORED FREEMAN,/WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN/BROWN'S RAIDERS IN PURSUANCE/OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF/THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD/COMPANY. / TO THE CONFEDERATE / VETERANS OF POLK COUNTY / 1906. These UDC statues are foul effigies silently extolling the depravity of slave ownership. Mounted by Agnes Lee Chapter U.D.C. ", West face inscription: "TO THE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS / ERECTED BY A.J. ", in part: "To the soldiers of the Confederate States of America. Here is an excerpt of what the children memorized about slavery: With great kindness and care in nearly all cases, a cruel master being rare, and. ", (On other side of base:) NO MORE HEAR THE REBEL YELL,/WHERE BATTLE THUNDERS ROSE AND FELL;/TIS NOW A WELCOME AND A CHEER/TO FRIENDS, TO FOEMEN, FAR AND NEAR,/AND PEACE, SWEET PEACE, BORN OF DISPAIR (sic)/WALKS FORTH AND SHEDS HER RADIENCE (sic) FAIR/UPON LOST FIELDS OF HONOR." ERECTED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE TO PERPETUATE THE HEROISM AND PATRIOTIC DEVOTION OF THE NOBLE SOLDIERS FROM THE TWO PARISHES WHO WORE THE GRAY AND CROSSED THE RIVER WITH THEIR IMMORTAL LEADERS TO REST UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES. 1911 Amid the Confederate lights and shadows cast upon the historic canvas, we trace no semblance of dishonor, to suggestion of thought or act unworthy of the loftiest aspiration and the bravest endeavor. They are demonic fetishes elevated through human sacrifice — not of white lives but of black lives. Many (most? But The United Daughters of the Confederacy, which erected the monument in 1922, opposes that and is claiming in court the city does not have the rights to move the statue. Fidelity, when extended to him to who it is justly due Resembles the "stars of Friedland" that shines the best in the blackest night", 'in part: "ERECTED BY THE / FANNIE GORDON CHAPTER / UNITED DAUGHTERS / OF THE CONFEDERACY / APRIL 1910 / "NO NATION ROSE SO PURE / AND WHITE / NONE EVER FELL SO SPOTLESS. TO HONOR THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO DIED TO REPEL UNCONSTITUTIONAL INVASION TO PROTECT THE RIGHT RESERVED TO THE PEOPLE AND TO PERPETUATE FOREVER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES." The monuments were the first resurrection, so to speak, of the southern states’ reassertion of white supremacy. They commemorate white supremacy and the sacrifice of African blood, blood shed in the stinking holds of innumerable slave ships; bodies dumped into the Atlantic as shark food; human beings stolen, whipped, beaten, raped, sodomized, and sold to the highest bidder. / THEY DIED AND WORE THE GREY. Henceforth his brigade was known as the "Stonewall Brigade. “In recent public statements by the members of the Loudoun Board of … Petition details. in part: NO TRUTH IS LOST FOR WHICH THE TRUE ARE WEEPING NOR DEAD FOR WHICH THEY DIED." , "Jackson stands there like a stone wall," he said, As he pointed his sword across the battle-field Brigade, Thus the name -- none prouder on spotless shield, Than 'Stonewall,' the sobriquet to valor paid. "To the Confederate soldiers of Jasper County, the record of whose sublime self-sacrificing and undying devotion to duty in the service of their country is the proud heritage of a loyal posterity "in legend and lay, out heroes in Gray shall forever live, over again for us." This stone upon which this is inscribed was placed by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in Remembrance of the Masons who sleep here. Defaced with BLM graffiti by unknown vandals. LOVEJOY, SEC. 14 / DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / NOV. 30, A.D. 1899" " IN HONOR AND MEMORY / OF OUR HEROES / BOTH PRIVATE AND CHIEF / OF THE / SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. MAY 3RD, 1863, GEN. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, BY HIS INDOMITABLE WILL, AFTER A RUNNING FIGHT OF THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS, WITH 410 MEN, CAPTURED COL. A.D. STREIGHT’S RAIDERS, NUMBERING 1600, THEREBY SAVING ROME FROM DESTRUCTION. No 434. The word "Confederate" was removed from its name in 2016. / From Wounds received near Chancellorsville, Virginia, While Fighting For a Cause he Believed to be Just. The 32-foot-high stone monument paid for by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1914, has been the target … The Confederate monument in Lexington will be moved. / WHEN THE LAST / TRUMPET SOUNDED / MAY EACH ONE ANSWER / THE ROLL CALL OF / THE HEAVENLY ARMY. in part: WHEN THEIR COUNTRY CALLED THEY HELD BACK NOTHING THEY CHEERFULLY GAVE THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR LIVES THRU THE DEVOTION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS OF THE HATTIESBURG CHAPTER NO. in part: "He sprang into battle-line to defend his invaded country. / 1903.". / KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA. "CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS / 1861-1865 / 'LEST WE FORGET' ERECTED BY / BATH CO. CHAPTER / U.D.C . U.D.C. To our dead heroes by the United Daughters of the Confederacy-Victrix-causa-diis-placuit-sed-victa-catoni" (translated "the victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato). It comes as no surprise, then, that contemporary reactionaries are marching in step with the tradition. The died in defense of their rights. First Confederate soldier to die in battle. ", in part: "Erected by Bryan M. Thomas Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dalton, Georgia, 1912. The Confederates were falling back General Barnard Bee's South Carolina Brigade was retreating. The Sons of Confederate Veterans and, in a quieter way, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the group that erected many of the monuments that are now the target of the biggest removal campaign in history, are pushing back by building new statues, buying land to house torn-down memorials, and airing radio and online ads seeking public support for their cause. “FORREST’S CAPACITY FOR WAR SEEMED ONLY TO BE LIMITED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT’S DISPLAY.” GEN. BEAUREGARD. / NO COUNTRY EVER HAD / TRUER SONS, / NO CAUSE / NOBLER CHAMPIONS, / NO PEOPLE / BOLDER DEFENDERS / THAN THE BRAVE SOLDIERS / TO WHOSE MEMORY / THIS STONE IS ERECTED." Retrieved August 15, 2016. Has Germany’s prohibition of public memorials to Adolf Hitler and his Nazi comrades robbed the German public of its historical memory about the Holocaust? Erected by Llano Co. Chapter U.D.C. / LAID BY THE M.W.G.L OF GA. /A.F. NO BRAVER SOLDIERS /NO TRUER PATRIOTS EVER / ADORNED THE HISTORY OF / ANY NATION, THEY HAVE / WON THEIR TITLE TO / IMMORTALITY OF LOVE / AND REVERENCE. & TREAS. CO. E. 11th Tex. / THE GLORIES THEY WON / SHALL NOT WANE FROM US. BATES AND / THE JAMES H. BERRY CHAPTER / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / AUG. 8, 1908. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The monument was moved to storage. "Vanderbilt to remove 'Confederate' from building name". The current U.S. president said: “We have a heritage. Time to Expose the Women Still Celebrating the Confederacy. Cav. / THOSE WHO FELL / COMRADES. These monuments were erected as reactionary displays against Lincoln’s vision for southern Reconstruction. / ERECTED A.D. 1908 / BY/DICKISON CHAPTER NO.56, U.D.C. PATRIOTS! Yes, the Confederate statues (primarily erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy) need to be removed and placed in American history museums where children will learn about this country’s despicable history of slavery. / By Forms unseen, their / Dirge is Sung, / There Honor Comes, / A/Pilgrim Gray. November 10, 1910 ERECTED BY THE DAVID OWEN DODD CHAPTER. Salisbury City Council approved the resolution to declare the statue a public safety hazard, giving the city the power to remove the statue. QUIDQUID EX HIS AMAVIMUS,/QUIDQUID MIRATI SUMUS,/MANET MANSURUMQUE EST IN/ANIMIS HOMINUM, IN/AETERNITATE TEMPORUM, FAMA RERUM. (On north side of base:) The great war unrivaled in history for bravery, gallantry, daring and dash.". (On bronze plaque on base:) Erected by Quitman Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy (On right side of canopy:) "TO THOSE WHO (...transcription illegible) TO THOSE WHO GAVE ALL"/QUITMAN AND BROOKS COUNTY DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL/NOVEMBER 11, 1921 (On five angled stones on base: names of those from Quitman and Brooks County who lost their lives in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War) unsigned. Erected by the Caswell County Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy". "Conquered they / can never be / whose souls and / spirits are free. Dead, but sceptered sovereigns who rule us from the dust. As Confederate statues have come down, there have been many cries that history is being destroyed. all?) ", "GENERAL STERLING PRICE / BORN IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA / SEPTEMBER 11, 1809 / RESIDED IN CHARITON COUNTY, MISSOURI / 1831-1865 / SPEAKER / OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / OF MISSOURI GENERAL ASSEMBLY / 1840-1844 / ELECTED TO CONGRESS 1844 / PARTICIPATED IN WAR WITH MEXICO / 1846-1848/RISING FROM RANK OF COLONEL / TO THAT OF BRIGADIER GENERAL / CHAIRMAN OF CONVENTION OF 1861 / MAJOR GENERAL IN COMMAND/OF MISSOURI STATE TROOPS 1861-1862 / DIED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI / SEPTEMBER 29, 1867. 2020-06-30. INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, FEBRUARY 18, 1861. THE "GREAT RAIDER" WAS SURPRISED AT NIGHT AND KILLED BY A DETACHMENT OF THE COMMAND OF GEN. A. C. GILLEM ON THE PREMISES OF THE WILLIAMS HOME/NEAR THIS SPOT SEPTEMBER 4 1864 HIS HEROISM IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SOUTH". - 2A7H717 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. in part: "THE PRINCIPLES FOR / WHICH THEY FOUGHT / LIVE ETERNALLY" / OUR / CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS / LIST OF COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN / AND SENT OUT FROM SUSSEX COUNTY / FOR ROLL OF MEMBERS SEE RECORDS / IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE / ERECTED BY / SUSSEX CHAPTER U.D.C. Their purpose was to keep the southern flame burning for “the lost cause,” which was regularly translated into the rhetoric anticipating how “the south will rise again.”. The statue's pedestal features a drinking fountain on either side. Our Confederate dead. HIS COMMAND, NEVER EXCEEDING 4000/MEN, WAS COMPOSED LARGELY OF KEN TUCKIANS AND TENNESSEANS. (On front of base, raised letters:) CONFEDERATE (On back of base, raised letters:) ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OUR/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/BY THE/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/MARSHALL CHAPTER NO. LEXINGTON, N.C. — Lexington will remove the Robert E. Lee statue from its city square after settling a lawsuit in court, Davidson County officials said. “HIS CAVALRY WILL TRAVEL A HUNDRED MILES IN LESS TIME THAN OURS WILL TEN” GEN. W.T. 'in part: "THIS, WE RAISE / A LOVING TRIBUTE, / TO THE PAST, PRESENT / AND FUTURE." For them should fall the teardrop of a nation's grief. 324, have signed a settlement agreement with the City of Lexington to move the monument from its current location to an alternative location outside of the city limits. We have a history, and we should learn from the history.” Well, that’s the problem. / IN HONOR OF OUR / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, /WHOM POWER COULD / NOT CORRUPT / WHOM DEATH COULD / NOT TERRIFY, / WHOM DEFEAT COULD / NOT DISHONOR. "IT IS A DUTY WE OWE / TO POSTERITY TO SEE / THAT OUR CHILDREN SHALL / KNOW THE VIRTUES AND / BECOME WORTHY OF THEIR / SIRES.". / WHO FEARED NO FOE, BUT/FACED THE FRAY— /OUR GALLANT MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY." There stands Jackson like a stone wall." NON SIBI SED PATRIAE. A TRIBUTE TO DAVID OWEN DODD / OUR MARTYR HERO / HANGED AT LITTLE ROCK / AS A SPY JAN. 8, 1864 / AGED 17 YEARS / HE WAS OFFERED LIFE AND / LIBERTY BUT PREFERRED TO / DIE RATHER THAN PROVE / FALSE TO HIS TRUST: North face inscription: "THEIR NAMES ARE BORNE ON HONOR'S SHIELD / THEIR RECORD IS WITH GOD / CONFEDERATE. June the Third A.D. Nineteen Hundred and Twelve. / JULY 22, 1864 / AGE 21 YEARS. The Confederate statue in Forest Park, has once again been vandalized, sprayed with black and red paint in St. Louis on May 30, 2017. he won marvelous victories; he suffered no discreditable defeats; he never abused a triumph, and never lost fortitude in the hour of disaster; Erected by Cordele Chapter No. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, a women’s group that was formed in 1894, led the effort to revise Confederate history at the turn of the 20th century. Jackson's Virginians were standing under fire. LAFAYETTE, La., (KLFY)- The confederate statue of General Alfred Mouton standing in downtown Lafayette has been damaged. : Also includes list of units, 'in part: "TO OUR / CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS" (Below Lee figure:) R.E. ", 'in part: "A TRIBUTE OF LOVE / FROM THE DIXIE CHAPTER /DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / — / IN HONOR OF THE MEN /OF PUTNAM COUNTY, / WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY / OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES / OF AMERICA; / "THOSE WHO FOUGHT / AND LIVED AND THOSE / WHO FOUGHT AND DIED." Bee in an effort to rally his own men called out: "See! Author, Speaker, Retired Biblical Studies & Theology Professor & Pastor, Passionate Falconer, H-D Chopper Rider, Fumbling Disciple Who Loves Jesus Christ The United Daughters of the Confederacy, one of the organizations that paid the bulk of the cost to erect the monument of a Confederate soldier on the courthouse lawn in 1908, has asked the county government to return its statue, all but sealing its fate after years of controversy. ", Metal plate added to west face on January 30, 1914: "JAMES H. BERRY / 1841-1913 / SOLDIER AND STATESMAN / BELOVED OF ARKANSAS / 2ND LIEUTENANT / CO. E 16TH ARK. The Tennessean. / CSA/1861-1865. 173 U.D.C. Thirty-eight year-old statue of the 19th-century education advocate and philantropist, was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE/OF VIRGINIA'S DAUGHTERS TO THE FALLEN BRAVE. / THE/CONFEDERACY. PRESENTED TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA BY THE/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY NOVEMBER 19, 1940, "LEST WE FORGET / 1861-1865 / OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD / ERECTED / BY THE / VARINA JEFFERSON DAVIS / CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS / OF CONFEDERACY / FORT SMITH, ARK. 1905. MEXICAN WAR: MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATOR, AND AS SECRETARY OF WAR. Some of the UDC monuments feature artworks by noted sculptors. Their most intense efforts focused on the “education” of white children. The group received a … P.H. May their prosperity be worthy. 26. Badge of the U.D.C. INFANTRY, C.S.A / LEGISLATOR - JURIST / GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS / UNITED STATES SENATOR / HE PERFORMED EVERY DUTY / WITH AN EYE / SINGLE TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE / AND HIS OWN UNBLEMISHED HONOR / THIS TABLE IS PLACED HERE / BY THE JAMES H. BERRY CHAPTER / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / THE PAT CLEBURNE CAMP / SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS / AND OTHER FRIENDS / IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE / AND APPRECIATION / OF HIS NOBLE LIFE AND CHARACTER."[10]. CHAPTER 217, / JEFFERSON, GA. 1911". Lord God of Host be with us yet lest we forget, lest we forget", "TO COMMEMORATE / WITH GRATEFUL LOVE, / THE PATRIOTISM, VALOR / AND DEVOTION TO DUTY / OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS / OF ALAMANCE COUNTY, / THIS MONUMENT IS / ERECTED THROUGH / THE EFFORTS OF THE / GRAHAM CHAPTER, / UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY. The group has previously declined a city offer to move the statue … ", This page was last edited on 31 December 2020, at 03:50. / IN LEGEND AND LAY, OUR HEROES IN GRAY / SHALL EVER LIVE / OVER AGAIN FOR US." ", "By the Daughters of the Confederacy in Montana 1916", in part, "By the Asheville Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and Friends, This monument is erected commemorating the heroic part taken by the 60th Regt. See why other supporters are signing, why this petition is important to them, and share your reason for signing (this will mean a … IN MEMORY OF / THE / FRANKLIN COUNTY / VETERANS / FROM THE / MILLICAN CHAPTER / U.D.C. HE BECAME THE FIRST/VICTIM OF THIS ATTEMPTED/INSURRECTION./THIS BOULDER IS ERECTED BY/THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY AND THE SONS OF/CONFEDERATE VETERANS AS A/MEMORIAL TO HEYWARD SHEPHERD,/EXEMPLIFYING THE CHARACTER AND/FAITHFULNESS OF THOUSANDS OF/NEGROES WHO, UNDER MANY/TEMPTATIONS THROUGHOUT/SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF WAR, SO/CONDUCTED THEMSELVES THAT/NO STAIN WAS LEFT UPON A RECORD/WHICH IS THE PECULIAR HERITAGE/OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND AN/EVERLASTING TRIBUTE TO THE BEST/IN BOTH RACES. 412/1905/THE LOVE, GRATITUDE, AND MEMORY/OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH,/SHALL GILD THEIR FAME IN ONE/ETERNAL SUNSHINE. (Front of base:) CSA/UDC (as a monogram)/1861-1865/ERECTED BY THE U. D. C./AND THE VETERANS/OF THE C. S. A. They nobly protected and cared for the wives of soldiers in the field, and widows without protectors; though often prompted by the enemies of the South to burn and plunder the homes of their masters, they were always true and loyal. United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), American women’s patriotic society, founded in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 10, 1894, that draws its members from descendants of those who served in the Confederacy’s armed forces or government or who gave to either their loyal and substantial private support. ", in part: "COMRADES / IN MEMORY OF / THE / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS /1861-1865 / Erected by / The Statesboro Chapter / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / Number 1100 / APRIL 26, 1909, in part: "IN MEMORY OF / THE CONFEDERATE / SOLDIERS OF UPSON / LEST WE FORGET / OUR SOLDIERS. Gloria Victis CSA, "Crowns of roses fade, crowns of thorns endure, cal varies and crucifixions take deepest hold of humanity, the triumphs of might are transient they pass and are forgotten, the suffering of right are graven deepest on the chronicle of nations. / 1922", "In memory of the / United Confederate Veterans / Erected by Robert E. Lee / Chapter Number 885 / United Daughters / of the Confederacy / 1926″, Inscriptions: "Look at Jackson There -- Standing Like a Stonewall" / Brig. They were faithful and devoted and were always ready and willing to serve them. /THE DAUGHTERS OF / THOSE WHO MADE / OUR FLAG HOLD IN /EXHALTED VENERATION / THOSE WHO BORE IT. United Daughters of the Confederacy. The United Daughters of the Confederacy appreciates the feelings of citizens across the country currently being expressed concerning Confederate memorial statues and monuments that were erected by our members in decades past. "WOULD IT BE / A BLAME FOR US / IF THEIR MEMORY PART / FROM OUR LAND AND HEARTS / AND A WRONG TO THEM / AND A SHAME TO US. Few of them went up in the 1870s and 1880s, as most people assume. Gift of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Confederate Veterans. CONFEDERATE DEAD. "To the Confederate Soldiers who sacrificed their lives for a just cause this monument is loving (sic) dedicated by the Daughters of the Confederacy aided by there (sic) Confederate Veterans Association of Fannin County. (North Face): These men held that the states made the union, that the Constitution is the evidence of the covenant, that the people of the State are subject to no power except as they have agreed, that free convention binds the parties to it, that there is sanctity in oaths and obligations in contracts, and in defense of these principles they mutually pledged their live, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. "WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY, AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST, THE SONGS THAT GUARD / OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY WILL STILL FULFILL THEIR TRUST. In August, the City of Lexington filed a lawsuit with the Davidson County Superior Court against the county and the Daughters of the Confederacy to authorize the permanent removal of the Confederate statue in uptown Lexington. / KNOW THROUGH ALL TIME THAT THEY / FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN A JUST UNION; / TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT; / TO PERPETUATE AMERICAN LIBERTIES, / AND LEFT YOU THEIR PATIENT SPIRIT. Reasons for signing. / UNITED DAUGHTERS / OF THE CONFEDERACY. "ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND / THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, / AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND / THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD." In part: Erected by the Robert Patton Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy of Cincinnati, Ohio in memory of the Southern prison on this island during the War Between the States. Battles fought 2242, total enlistment Confederate army 600,000, total enlistment U.S. Army 2,776,304, federal prisoners captured by confederates 270,000, confederate prisoners captured by federalist (sic) 220,000. it is sure the truth of history that the fundamental principles for which our fathers contended should often be reiterated that the purpose which inspired them may be correctly estimated and the putiry of their motives be abundantly vindicated. "Dedicated May 16, 1914" "ON FAME'S ETERNAL / CAMPING GROUND, / THEIR SILENT TENTS / ARE SPREAD, / AND GLORY GUARDS, / WITH SOLEMN ROUND, / THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD." 422 OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY, THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WORE THE GRAY, in part: "WE OF THE SOUTH REMEMBER, WE OF THE SOUTH REVERE. unsigned, This monument was toppled on the July 4, 2020 weekend, by persons unknown (as of July 6, 2020). The Confederate statue at the Loudoun County courthouse was removed overnight by the Daughters of the Confederacy in coordination with the county government. The history of America, particularly its racial history, never has been taught fully and comprehensively. Upon the Altar / of Home and Country They Placed the Offering / In Fullest Measure / Of all they had to give. Modest in prosperity, gentile in peace, brave in battle, and undespairing in defeat, they knew no law of life but loyalty and truth and civic faith, and to these virtues they consecrated their strength. 1861 - 1865 / CONFEDERATE. East face inscription: " THEY FOUGHT FOR HOME AND FATHERLAND / CONFEDERATE. Cav./Cof, 11th Tex. "LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET, / LEST WE FORGET-LEST WE FORGET." 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