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Forrest County Confederate Monument
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 1. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Northeast Base | | |
Inscription.
[Northeast Inscription]:
C.S.A.
To the Men and Women of
the Confederacy
1861-1865
[Southwest Inscription]:
When their county called
they held back nothing.
They cheerfully gave their
property and their lives.
Through the devotion and
untiring efforts of the
Hattiesburg Chapter No. 422
of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, this
monument is erected to
the honor and memory of
those who wore the gray.
Erected 1910 by Hattiesburg Chapter No. 422, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Location. 31° 19.633′ N, 89° 17.483′ W. Marker is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in Forrest County. Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Eaton Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 641 North Main Street, Hattiesburg MS 39401, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. William Harris Hardy (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Old Federal Building (about 500 feet away); McLeod House (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named William Harris Hardy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Centennial of Hattiesburg (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hattiesburg (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Hattiesburg High School (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans of All Wars Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); William Carey College (approx. 2.2 miles away); Hub City Lodge No 627 (approx. 2.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hattiesburg. |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 2. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Southwest Base | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 3. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Northeast Side | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 4. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Northwest Side
Forrest County Courthouse in Background | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 5. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Southwest Side
Paul B Johnson, Jr Building in Background | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 6. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Confederate Soldier on Base | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 7. Forrest County Confederate Monument -
Confederate Heroine on Base | | |
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Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards by Reagan L. Grimsley | |
| | 8. Main Street Showing Courthouse
and Confederate Monument | | |
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Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards by Reagan L. Grimsley | |
| | 9. Forrest County Courthouse
and Confederate Monument | | The Confederate Monument was erected adjacent to the courthouse in 1910 in conjunction with a reunion of Confederate veterans. The Hattiesburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy played a major role in the creation of the monument. | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 10. Forrest County Courthouse
and Confederate Monument | | |
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By Brian Scott, January 23, 2011 | |
| | 11. Forrest County Courthouse, Confederate
Monument, and Masonic Temple | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on January 23, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 449 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on January 23, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 10, 11. submitted on January 24, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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