Jackson in Madison County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Madison County Confederate Monument

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021

1. Madison County Confederate Monument

Inscription.
(North face)
To the Confederate dead of Madison Co.

(West face)
Federal records show they had from first to last two million six hundred thousand men in service, while the Confederates all told had but little over six hundred thousand.

(South face)
Madison County furnished the South more soldiers than she had voters.

(East face)
History is an impartial witness to its philosophic judgement. We commit the motives and deeds of our immortal dead.

Erected 1888.

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

Location. 35° 36.853′ N, 88° 49.146′ W. Marker is in Jackson, Tennessee, in Madison County. Memorial is at the intersection of East Main Street and South Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Marker is located on the Madison County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jackson TN 38301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Madison County Memorial Flame (here, next to this marker); 61st US Colored Infantry Regiment (a few steps from this marker); David Crockett (within shouting distance of this marker); Madison County World War I Memorial Fountain

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Lynching in America / Lynching in Madison County (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe Dunaway Anderson 1873-1939 / Anderson, Clayton & Company (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); City Place (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.

Madison County Confederate Monument - West side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021

2. Madison County Confederate Monument - West side

Madison County Confederate Monument - South side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021

3. Madison County Confederate Monument - South side

Madison County Confederate Monument - East side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021

4. Madison County Confederate Monument - East side

Madison County Confederate Monument- North Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021

5. Madison County Confederate Monument- North Side

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 24, 2021.