Administered by Sussex County Board of Supervisors Courthouse Road Sussex Virginia 23884
Located Courthouse Green Sussex Virginia
Date:
Installed Nov. 1912. Dedicated July 1913
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(CSA emblem on top front of base) (Lower front of base, raised:) "THE PRINCIPLES FOR/WHICH THEY FOUGHT/LIVE ETERNALLY"/(next tier) "OUR/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS" (Lower rear of base, raised:) LIST OF COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN/AND SENT OUT FROM SUSSEX COUNTY/(list of names)/FOR ROLL OF MEMBERS SEE RECORDS/IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE/(next tier) ERECTED BY/SUSSEX CHAPTER U.D.C./NOV. - 1912/CHAPTER ORGANIZED/SEPT. 29, 1909. (On one side of base, raised:) 1861-1865/(relief of crossed flags) (Relief of crossed sabers on other side of base) unsigned
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Summary:
A Confederate soldier in field uniform stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle at chest height with both hands, the butt of which rests by his feet. He wears a wide-brimmed field hat and a pouch is slung over his shoulder and hangs at his proper right waist. Behind the soldier is knee-high stump. The soldier is mounted upon a base with a column-like upper section with an inscription. The lower section of the base is multitiered with inscriptions and reliefs, with a graduated, three-stepped bottom section. Four marble cannon balls used to be at the corners of the base.
