Rebel Martyr' Sam Davis Statue (Pulaski, Tennessee)
Confederate
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
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Dedication Date:
1906-01-01
Address:
Pulaski
Giles
Tennessee
USA
Inscription:
(front base):
BORN OCT. 6, 1842, NEAR SMYRNA
RUTHERFORD COUNTY TENNESSEE
THOUGH A CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER IN THE LINE OF DUTY,
HE WAS EXECUTED AS A SPY
BY THE FEDERALS AT
PULASKI,NOV.27, 1863
"LET COME WHAT MUST,
I KEEP MY TRUST."
SAM DAVIS
(Proper Left - Base):
"If I had a thousand lives,
I would lose them all here
before I would betray my
friend or the confidence
of my informer."
(Proper Right - Base):
"Greater love hath no
man than this; that a
man lay down his life
for his friends.
(Rear Base): Erected by the Giles County Chapter U.D.C. Oct. 11, 1906
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Indigenous Land
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