Ripley in Tippah County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Tippah County Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 16, 2021

1. Tippah County Confederate Memorial

Inscription. (Front) In memory of the Confederate soldiers of Tippah County, our heroic dead and the chivalrous living who wore the gray, 1861-1865.

(Left) On every great battle field of the war, their valor was illustrated. They won imperishable renown for they will live in history and in the hearts of their descendants to the latest generation.

(Right) Erected by the Thomas Spight Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy August, 1911. "Lest we forget".

(Back) Sleep soldiers; still in honored rest your truth and valor wearing; the bravest are the tenderest, the loving are the daring.

Erected 1911 by Thomas Spight Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

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

Location. 34° 43.844′ N, 88° 56.911′ W. Memorial is in Ripley, Mississippi, in Tippah County. It is on South Commerce Street north of East Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Ripley MS 38663, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tippah County (within shouting distance of this marker); William Clark Falkner (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Maple Hill (about 500 feet away); Macedonia Baptist Church (approx. 6 miles away); Blue Mountain College (approx. 6 miles away); Dr. Jessie Mauney (approx. 6.1 miles away); Antioch (approx. 6.1 miles away); Carpenters for Christmas (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Nathan Bedford Forrest Highway (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 16, 2021

2. Tippah County Confederate Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 525 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.