Mount Pleasant in Titus County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Titus County Confederate Monument
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 25, 2018
1. Titus County Confederate Monument (all sides)
North face:
1861 1865
Confederate
Soldiers
To the heroes of
1861 – 1865
Not dead, but living
in deeds,
such lives aspire.
East face:
is cherished, the deeds of
these heroes will live.
West face:
high,
or in the battles van,
the fittest place where
is where he dies for man.
Erected 1911 by Dudley W. Jones Camp No. 121, and Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This monument and 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° 9.408′ N, 94° 58.12′ W. Monument is in Mount Pleasant, Texas, in Titus County. It is at the intersection of North Jefferson Avenue and West 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on North Jefferson Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 100 West 1st Street, Mount Pleasant TX 75455, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. 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 New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Titus County C.S.A. (within shouting distance
this page online
More about this monument. When erected the monument cost over $2,500.00 and it took the veterans a little over a year to raise the money for the statue.
Regarding Titus County Confederate Monument. Description: A tall shaft topped with a figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier standing. He wears a campaign hat and clasps the barrel of his rifle with both hands, the butt resting by his feet. A stump rises behind his proper right leg. The granite shaft is decorated with a Confederate flag on the front, and crossed sabers on the rear. Stone spheres, perhaps granite, are set on the corners of the base
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 25, 2018
2. Titus County Confederate Monument at the Titus County Courthouse.
The exact dates of the monument are unknown, but it is believed to have been erected between 1906 and 1912, most likely in 1911. The figure is reported to have been carved in Italy; the base may have been fabricated in Georgia. In 1915, O. L. Crigler of Mt. Pleasant erected the concrete foundation around the monument to keep wagons from getting too close.
Source: Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 25, 2018
3. Titus County Confederate Monument with the courthouse in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,805 times since then and 123 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 20, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
