Administered by Alamance County Historic Resources Commission 124 West Elm Street, Courthouse Annex Graham North Carolina 27253
Located Courthouse Square Main & Elm Streets, in traffic circle Graham North Carolina
Date:
Dedicated May 16, 1914
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On front of base, raised lettering:) TO COMMEMORATE/WITH GRATEFUL LOVE,/THE PATRIOTISM, VALOR/AND DEVOTION TO DUTY/OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS/OF ALAMANCE COUNTY,/THIS MONUMENT IS/ERECTED THROUGH/THE EFFORTS OF THE/GRAHAM CHAPTER,/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY./OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. (On small bronze plaque, rear middle of base:) "Dedicated May 16, 1914" (On rear of base, raised lettering:) "ON FAME'S ETERNAL/CAMPING GROUND,/THEIR SILENT TENTS/ARE SPREAD,/AND GLORY GUARDS,/WITH SOLEMN ROUND,/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD."/1861/CAS/1865 (On left side of base:) "Faithful unto death/they are crowned/with immortal glory." (On right side of base:) "Conquered they/can never be/whose souls and/spirits are free." unsigned
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Summary:
A Civil War infantryman, wearing a brimmed, floppy slouch hat and a butternut cloth uniform, stands at parade rest with his rifle and attached bayonet at his proper right. The butt rests at his feet. On his proper left he holds a bayonet scabbard. A blanket roll extends from the front proper right of his waist belt across his proper left shoulder to the rear proper right of his belt. At this point, a cartridge box is fastened to the belt. The sculpture rests upon a shaft mounted on a middle base with tiered upper and lower sections atop a stepped bottom. On the front of the shaft, crossed Confederate flags are depicted in relief. Inscribed, light gray, polished granite facing is attached to each side of the upper middle base. A sphere rests at each corner on top of the lower tier of the middle base. The sculpture rests on a mound covered with shrubbery and pine straw, enclosed by twelve granite posts connected with heavy chain.
