Confederate Solider Monument (Bristol, Virginia)

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Title

Confederate Solider Monument (Bristol, Virginia)

Description

Purposefully standing near the state line between Virginia and Tennessee, the Confederate Soldier Monument commemorates both the Confederate men and women from each state. Funded by James M Barker, a former Confederate colonel and influential businessman and politician, the marble standing soldier stands at 25ft tall in parade rest. At the monument unveiling, in front of a crowd of 5,000 people on May 27th, 1920, it was said that the monument further commemorated not just local Confederate men and women, but all of the Confederate men and women in the South.

Contributor

Emily Amarelo

Type

Site

Identifier

2040

Date Issued

1920-05-27

Extent

7.620000000000001m x 0m x 0m

Spatial Coverage

current,36.5982907,-82.1809246;

Rights Holder

unnamed Italian sculptor

Europeana

Country

United States

Europeana Data Provider

Confederate Solider Monument

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Confederate_Solider_Monument_

Monument Type

Statue - standing soldier

Funded by

James M. Barker

Material

marble

Inscription

Presented by Colonel J.M Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U.D.C., in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virginia from 1861 to 1865 erected 1920

State

Virginia

Affiliation

Confederate

City

Bristol