Okolona in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
1. Chickasaw County Confederate Tribute Marker
to the sons who wore the gray
and were faithful to the cause.
Erected under auspices of
Okolona Chapter U.D.C. No. 117.
Erected by Okolona Chapter U.D.C. No. 117.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 33° 59.92′ N, 88° 45.29′ W. Memorial is in Okolona, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It can be reached from the intersection of Park Lane Drive and South Church Street (Route 245). Located within the Okolona Confederate Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 500 Park Lane Drive, Okolona MS 38860, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Black Prairie and in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Okolona (within shouting distance of this marker); Okolona Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Okolona in the Civil War (approx. 0.6 miles away); Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Okolona (approx.
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
2. Tribute located within the Confederate Cemetery.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 9, 2017
3. Confederate Tribute located in this cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 675 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
