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Revision as of 19:30, 20 October 2010
The Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument is a 52-foot obelisk monument composed of sandstone, located at the southern entrance of Linn Park, at the foot to 20th Street North. The memorial was commissioned by the Pelham Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and its cornerstone was laid on April 26, 1894. The monument was formally dedicated on April 26, 1905.
Inscription
- (south face)
To the
Confederate soldier & sailor.
Erected by
Pelham Chapter No. 67
Daughters of the Confederacy
Birmingham, Ala.
April 26, 1905
- (north face)
"The manner of their
death was the crowning
glory of their lives."
Jefferson Davis.
- (west face)
A relief sculpture of an anchor to represent the Confederate Navy
- (east face)
A relief sculpture of crossed sabers and a musket to represent the Confederate Cavalry and Infantry
References
- Davis, Michael: "In Remembrance: Confederate Funerary Monuments in Alabama and Resistance to Reconciliation, 1884-1923" May 10, 2008 - accessed October 20, 2010