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Title
Rutherford County Confederate Soldiers Monument, Rutherfordton (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)
Description
Rising nearly twenty-five feet, this monument depicts a marble sculpture of the Confederate Common Soldier, mounted atop a tall tapered column. The uniformed soldier stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands. It commemorates the fact that Rutherford County sent some 1,734 men to fight in the Civil War. The county also experienced some destruction, particularly in Rutherfordton, during the Union campaign known as Stoneman's Raid. Its address of welcome involved the speeches of two future Governors to an audience of 6000-7000.
Source
american
Date
3927-01-01
Contributor
ns208@st-andrews.ac.uk
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
1993
Date Issued
1910-11-12
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,35.368960,-81.957120;
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Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Rutherford County Confederate Soldiers Monument, Rutherfordton
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Rutherford_County_Confederate_Soldiers_Monument,_Rutherfordton
Curator
Rutherford County Courthouse
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Funded by
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chapter
Run by
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chapter
Material
Base and shaft: North Carolina granite. Statue: Italian marble.
Inscription
Front: TO THE MEN / AND WOMEN OF / THE CONFEDERACY / "DEVOTION"
Rear: Erected by the Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chapter / United Daughters of The Confederacy. / October 1910
Organisation
Rutherford County Courthouse
Cost
$2,500
State
North Carolina
County
Rutherford
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Rutherfordton