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Fayette in Jefferson County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Confederate Soldiers Monument

 
 
Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 7, 2017
1. Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker
Inscription.
Panel 1
Erected 1904
Jefferson County's
Tribute to her
Confederate Soldiers


Panel 2
The names of the majority
of these Confederate
soldiers have been
officially placed in the
Miss. State archives
in the year 1904


Monument was removed and this area as of 2022, is known as "Unity Park".
 
Erected 1904 by Jefferson County.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. Monument has been reported missing. It was located near 31° 42.675′ N, 91° 3.669′ W. Monument was in Fayette, Mississippi, in Jefferson County. It was on Main Street near Medgar Evers Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Monument was in this post office area: Fayette MS 39069, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument was in Southwest Mississippi and in Natchez Trace Corridor. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it was in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain, 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 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Charles Evers & The Blues (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Hinds (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Evers (within shouting distance of this marker); Adam Rum (within shouting distance of this marker);
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Old Greenville (approx. 5.3 miles away); William Carey University (approx. 5.8 miles away); Blue Mountain College (approx. 5.8 miles away); Mississippi College (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fayette.
 
More about this monument. I saw no names on the monument or pedestal.
 
"Unity Park" area image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 28, 2025
2. "Unity Park" area
Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
July 7, 2017
3. Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker
Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
July 7, 2017
4. Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker
Panel 1
Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
July 7, 2017
5. Confederate Soldiers Monument Marker
Panel 2
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 527 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on July 8, 2017.   2. submitted on December 31, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.   3, 4, 5. submitted on July 8, 2017.
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