Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Shiloh National Military Park P. O. Box 67 Hornet's Nest Road Shiloh Tennessee 38376
Date:
Installed 1910. Dedicated Sept. 6, 1911
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN7070, 1989.
Image on file.
(At top of base:) C.S.A. (On base:) To the brave Confederate dead of Arkansas who fell upon this battlefield, this monument is erected by the Arkansas Div. United Daughters of the Confederacy in the year 1910.
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Summary:
A granite figure of a Confederate infantryman, standing at attention and saluting. He wears a military uniform including a hat with brim. In his proper right hand he holds the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests at his feet. He salutes with his proper left hand. He stands on a tall base with a relief of a flag on the front and a stepped bottom.
