Opelika in Lee County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Lee County Confederate Memorial
CSA Comrades
| | 1861 1865 | |
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 3, 2021
1. Lee County Confederate Memorial (north side)
North side
To Our Confederate Dead
and Lee County Veterans
West side
"Nor Shall Your Glory Be Forgot, While Fame Her Record Keeps, Or Honor Points The Hallowed Spot, Where Valor Proudly Sleeps!
Easts side
"Defeated, yet without a stain."
Erected 1910 by Robert E. Lee Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, Opelika, Alabama.
Topics and series. This 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. 32° 38.733′ N, 85° 22.602′ W. Memorial is in Opelika, Alabama, in Lee County. It is on Geneva Street south of South 8th Street, on the left when traveling south. Located near the First Baptist Church. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 301 S 8th St, Opelika AL 36801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in East Alabama and in Greater Columbus. 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 walking distance of this marker: First Baptist Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Killgore Scholarships / Some Terms of Scholarships (about 600 feet away); Lee County Courthouse / Lee County Probate Judges (about 700 feet away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Lee County
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Lee County Courthouse / Lee County Probate Judges (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this memorial. The poem on one side is take from the Theodore O'Hara poem Bivouac Of The Dead. (Written in memory of the Kentucky troops killed in the Mexican War - 1847)
However one word is changed from the original poem. The original part is "For Honor Points The Hallowed Spot," and this memorial changes the first word to "Or" instead of "For".
Although erected on December 7th, 1910, it was not dedicated until April 6th, 1911. It was re-dedicated on March 30th, 2019 by the Robert E. Lee Chapter, Camp 192, UDC.
Photographed by Mark Hilton
2. Lee County Confederate Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 3, 2021
3. Lee County Confederate Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 3, 2021
4. Lee County Confederate Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,715 times since then and 144 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 3, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
