Dresden in Weakley County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010
1. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (front/south-side inscription)
(front/south side)
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. Memorial is in Dresden, Tennessee, in Weakley County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (State Highway 89) and North Poplar Street, on the left when traveling
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Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Weakley County (a few steps from this marker); Divided By Conflict (a few steps from this marker); Weakley County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Janes Mill (approx. 6.8 miles away); Gleason Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.7 miles away); The University of Tennessee at Martin
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010
2. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (west-side inscription)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010
3. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (north-side inscription)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010
4. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument (east-side inscription)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2010
5. Weakley County Tennessee Confederate Monument
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 1,043 times since then and 24 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.
