Monuments

Caldwell County Confederate Monument, Lenoir (Lenoir, North Carolina)


Confederate

This granite monument consists of a base with an obelisk, standing 35 feet in total. The North and South sides of the base have inscriptions: one from the poem "Bivouac Of The Dead", while the other lists the regiments from Caldwell County. The monument was dedicated on 3 June 1910: the dedication ceremony began at 10am with a short parade that featured "grizzled heroes of the sixties" marching on foot and commanded by their own officers. Its opening was marked by the appearance of Judge Walter Clark, who at age 14 became the youngest Major in the Confederate Army.


Monument type:

Obelisk

Artist:

Dedication Date:

1910-06-03

Address:

Lenoir

Caldwell

North Carolina

USA

Inscription:

Front, north face: "NOR SHALL YOU / GLORY BE FORGOT / WHERE FAME / HER RECORD KEEPS / OR HONOR POINTS / THE HALLOWED SPOT / WHERE VALOR / PROUDLY SLEEPS." Front, base: IN HONOR OF / THE MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY. Rear, south: FROM CALDWELL COUNTY. / CO. A 22ND. N.C. REGT. - INFTY. / CO. F 20TH. N.C. REGT. - INFTY. / CO. I 26TH. N.C. REGT. - INFTY. / CO. E 58TH. N.C. REGT. - INFTY. / CO. H 53TH. N.C. REGT. - INFTY. / AND MANY OF HER SONS / IN OTHER COMMANDS. Rear base: ERECTED BY / THE VANCE CHAPTER OF THE / UNITED DAUGHTES OF THE CONFEDERACY, / OF CALDWELL COUNTY N.C. / MAY 1910.

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Material:
White Mt. Airey Granite
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Cost / Value:
$2,500
Erected by:
Funded by:
Zebulon Baird Vance Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy
Run by:
Caldwell County
Indigenous Land
Organization/Curator:
Caldwell County
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