Gainesville in Alachua County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Soldier Memorial

(Gainesville, Florida)

Confederate Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

1. Confederate Soldier Marker

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Title: Confederate Soldier...Control Number: IAS FL000123 Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.
Base: approx. 10 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 3 in.
John G. Segesman sculptor

Inscription. (North face)
In Memory Of
The
Confederate
Dead
1861 1865.

(East face)
"They Fell For Us, and For Them
Should Fall
The Tears Of A Nation's Grief."

(West face)
They Counted The Cost
And In Defence Of Right
They Paid The Martyr's Price."

(South face)
Erected By
Kirby Smith
Chapter No. 202
U.D.C.
A.D. 1904.

Erected 1904 by Kirby Smith Chapter No. 202 U.D.C.

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. Marker has been reported permanently removed. It was located near 29° 39.1′ N, 82° 19.49′ W. Marker was in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County. Memorial was on South Main Street (State Road 329) near East University Avenue (State Road 24 / 26), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 6 East University Avenue, Gainesville FL 32601, United States of America.

We have been informed that this sign or monument is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Lynching in America / Reconstruction-Era Lynchings in Gainesville (a few steps from this marker); Alachua County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Josiah T. Walls (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Spanish Cattle Ranching (about 500 feet away); First Gainesville Skirmish / Battle of Gainesville (about 500 feet away); To the Americans Held Hostage by Iran (about 600 feet away); We Remember Them With Compassion (about 600 feet away); City of Gainesville (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gainesville.

Regarding Confederate Soldier Memorial. Description: Confederate soldier standing with his proper left leg forward and his proper left foot resting on a camp pack with a bed roll. He is holding the top of a musket with both hands, proper right hand above proper left hand while the musket base is on the ground. The soldier wears a sword scabbard on his proper left hip (no sword is apparent), and a pouch on his back side that is attached by a shoulder strap over his proper right shoulder. On his proper right hip is a rectangular box attached to a strap that is over his proper left shoulder and a small semi-circular pouch

Confederate Soldier Marker, North face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

2. Confederate Soldier Marker, North face

is attached to his belt on the proper right side.
(Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Additional commentary.
1. Additional Confederate Soldiers Memorial marker text (see photo #6)

1861 1865
Roster of
Stonewall Camp No. 1438,
Organized at
Gainesville, Florida, A.D. 1896

Commanders
Baker, T.F. · Blitch, W.M. · Davis, Horatio· Dell, John B. · Jackson, L.W. · King, Thomas F. · Roseborough, John A. · Sanchez, E.C.F.

Adjutants
Doig, James · McCrew, John C. · Taylor, A.W. · Tench, John W.

Members
Adams, J.W. · Adams, Wm. · Bagley, C.P. · Bailey, J.F. · Barnett, W.L. · Barr, John J. · Baxter, Wiley H. · Beach, John L. · Beckham, M.J. · Beckham, R.J. · Bell, F.A.B. · Bell, L.M. · Benefield, Eli. · Bennett, L.H. · Bennett, S.J. · Bennett, T.R. · Berry, J.N. · Berry, M.G. · Beville, John R. · Blalock, T.F. · Blanton, B.P. · Blitch, N.A. · Bone, J.N. · Boston, W.K. · Boulware, B.P. · Bowers, George H.M. · Bradford, Wm. · Bradley, J.H. · Brice, W.W. · Brooker, F.E. · Brooker, J.T. · Broome, G.K. · Bruce, W.W. · Bryant, W.A. · Buirnett, S.H. · Burton, J.J. · Button, J.M. · Cail, J.J. · Campbell, W.M. · Cannon, W.F. · Carlisle, J.A. · Cassells, S.B. · Cassells, T.A. · Cato,

Confederate Soldier Marker, East face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

3. Confederate Soldier Marker, East face

H.G. · Cato, T.H. · Cauthon, W.D. · Chamberlain, George S. · Chesser, Daniel · Chesser, G.B. · Chesser, G.D. · Chesnut, James · Chitty, E.G. · Colson, W.V. · Cone, A.J. · Cook, E. · Crawford, W.H. · Crews, Wm. · Cribb, R.H. · Croxton, J.M. · Dampier, Stephen · Davis, F.M. · Davis, M.F. · Davis, R.W. · Dell, J.M. · Denton, H.C. · Deveneau, J.W. · Doke, W.B. · Donaldson, J.F. · Downing, T.W. · Driggers, B.A. · Drummond, C.C. · Dunn, C. · Dupree, Jacob · Dupuis, J.S. · Ellis, T.B. · Ellis, V.H. · Elmore, A.R. · Emmerson, J.A. · English, D.P. · Feagle, M.F. · Feaster, J.L. · Fennell, John · Fewell, S.A. · Finley, S.Y. · Fleming, John T. · Flewellen, J.R. · Fowler, Giles · Frazier, C.C. · Futch, Eli · Gay, W.H. · Gill, Joseph · Gilyard, J.D. · Graham, J.M. · Griffin, T.J. · Grissom, J.R.W. · Hague, Archibald · Hague, H.B. · Hague, J.R. · Hall, J.R. · Hall, R.H. · Hallbrook, J.P. · Hammond, S.M. · Hart, D.C. · Harvell, C.C. · Hawthorne, T.E. · Hill, L.L. · Hines, Isaac · Hodges, W.E. · Hogan, T.J. · Holder, Ivan · Holder, J.J.B. · Holt, W.W. · Hooker, J.J. · Howard, Hardy · Huntere, Herrin · Hurst, J.P. · Jackson, W.T. · Jeffords, E.A. · Johnson, R.E. · Jones, S.A. · Jones, W.A. · Kelly, G.W. · Kennedy, James · Kite, John, Link, Jacob · Lumpkin, R.P. · Malphurs, J.R. · Malphurs, James E. · Martin, R.M. · Mason, H.C. · Massey, B.F. · Mtheson, J.D. · Matheson, W.C. · May, M.M. · McBrady,

Confederate Soldier Marker, West face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

4. Confederate Soldier Marker, West face

James · McDavid, A. · McKinstry, J.F. · Miller, F.X. · Mingledorf, R.C. · Mixson, J.B. · Mott, R.B. · Mott, W.W. · Neal, Rowan · Ormand, M.H. · O'Steen, E. · Palmer, A.J. · Parker, C.F. · Parker, H.C. · Parrish, J.H. · Pauling, F.F. · Phifer, D.M. · Phifer, John W. · Phillips, N · Polk, Elijah · Polk, Henry, Polk, W.W. · Prescott, J.H. · Prescott, S.T. · Rain, Neal · Reddick, J.P. · Renault, Lewis · richardson, H.S. · Richardson, J.S. · Richardson, W.T. · Riggs, J.W. · Robertson, W.H. · Rodgers, S.L. · Rucker, Frank · Rush, Benjamin · Sanchez, Gad H. · Sanchez, George W. · Sanders, John H. · Sanders, Z.M. · Sapp, Henry · Seagle, F.V. · Sealey, H.T. · Shannon, J.A. · Sharmon, W.R. · Shaw, J.M. · Shaw, J.M. · Sheffield, James. K. · Sherouse, J.E. · Shettleworth, W.P. · Shuford, George W. · Smith, E.W. · Smith, W.L. · Spivey, J.M. · Stokes, Henry E. · Thigpin, O.A. · Thomas, D.C. · Thomas, W. · Thompson, J.J. · Tillman, John M. · Tillman, M.M. · Tillman, W.D. · Tolbert, A.W. · Tolbert, J.M. · Tolbert, J.T. · Tompkies, J.M. · Tompkies, J.T. · Tompkies, J.R. · Tompkies · W.P. · Tucker, S.C. · Vanlandingham, James · Veneble, T.M. · Vidal, A.J. · Ward, E.P. · Ward, R.M. · Ward, R.Y. · Warren, Solomon · Webb, G.P. · Weeks, J.T. · Weeks, R.B. · Weinges, S.H. · White, W.H. · Wiggins, Burrell · Willard, T.E. · Williams, Ben · Wimberly, E.C. · Woods, J.T. · Yearty, W.E. · Setrouer, A.T. ·

Confederate Soldier Marker, South face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

5. Confederate Soldier Marker, South face

Zetrouer, Dan · Zetrouer, J.C. · Zetrouer, John R.

— Submitted July 23, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.

2. Memorial & Statue removed.
Workers for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who installed the memorial in 1904, removed it today and the statue now stands in Oak Ridge Cemetery near Rochelle, southeast of Gainesville.

— Submitted August 14, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Confederate Soldiers Memorial on a nearby wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 4, 2012

6. Confederate Soldiers Memorial on a nearby wall

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2012. This page has been viewed 1,704 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on May 26, 2023. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 1, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6. submitted on May 2, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.