Florida Confederate Soldiers Memorial
Confederate
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Dedication Date:
1898
Address:
Duval
FL
USA
Inscription:
TO THE SOLDIERS OF FLORIDA / THIS SHAFT IS BY A COMRADE RAISED IN / TESTIMONY OF HIS LOVE, RECALLING DEEDS / IMMORTAL, HEROISM UNSURPASSED. WITH RANKS UNBROKEN, RAGGED, STARVED / AND DECIMATED, THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER, / FOR DUTY'S SAKE, UNDAUNTED STOOD TO / THE FRONT OF BATTLE UNTIL NO LIGHT / REMAINED TO ILLUMINE THE FIELD OF CAR- / NAGE, SAVE THE LUSTRE OF HIS CHIVALRY / AND COURAGE. / "NOR SHALL YOUR GLORY BE FORGOT / WHILE FAME HER RECORD KEEPS, / OR HONOR POINTS THE HALLOWED SPOT / WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS / 1861-1865
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Conception Date:
Opening Date:
Material:
Size:
m x 1.2m x 18m
Creator:
Cost / Value:
Erected by:
Funded by:
Charles C. Hemming
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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