Dresden in Weakley County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Memorial

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (<i>front/south-side inscription</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

1. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (front/south-side inscription)

Inscription.
(front/south side) In honor of the
Confederate Soldiers
of Weakley County,
Tennessee
1861-1865
(west side)
Weakley County Confederate soldiers participated in all the western battles among which are: Belmont, Donaldson, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Okalona, Guntown, Harrisburg, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville.

(north side)
Furl that banner,
true ‘tis gory
yet ‘tis wreathed
around with Glory,
and ‘twill live in
song and story,
though its folds
are in the dust.

(east side)
Weakley County furnished three companies of the 1st and one company each of the 9th, 15th, 27th, 33rd, and 51st Tenn. 9th Infantry regiments, four companies of cavalry and numbers of soldiers to other companies in the Confederate Service.

Erected 1900.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 17.514′ N, 88° 42.522′ W. Marker is in Dresden, Tennessee, in Weakley County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street (State Highway 89) and North Poplar Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street. Monument is located at the southwest corner of the Weakley County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 116 West Main Street, Dresden TN 38225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies. Weakley County (a few steps from this marker); New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Janes Mill (approx. 6.8 miles away); The University of Tennessee at Martin (approx. 9.2 miles away); Civil War Skirmish (approx. 9.8 miles away); Bethel College (approx. 15.2 miles away); Harris-Collier-Holland Farm (approx. 15.3 miles away); James Monroe McKenzie (approx. 15.4 miles away).

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (<i>west-side inscription</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

2. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (west-side inscription)

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (<i>north-side inscription</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

3. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (north-side inscription)

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (<i>east-side inscription</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

4. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (east-side inscription)

Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

5. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument

Weakley County Courthouse (<i>south side; view from beside marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010

6. Weakley County Courthouse (south side; view from beside marker)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 418 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 28, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.