Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Evansville Confederate Memorial

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023

1. Evansville Confederate Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In loving remembrance of our
Confederate
dead

1861 -1865
[Plaque] This tablet was placed on this monument by the United States to mark the burial place of twenty-four Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at Evansville and were buried in this cemetery, where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

Allen, L.M. Co. E, 10th Ark. • Brallol, Geo. F. Spring Hill, Ala. • Clayton, R.C. Co. A, 8th Ky • Downs, Jas. R. Co. K, 5th Ark • Evert, John, Co. B, 3rd Ala. Batty. • Finley, James, Co. C, 3rd Ky • Givens, A. Bryne's Miss. Batty. • Gray, W.R. 17th Ala • Hales, Isaac M. Co. C, 2nd Tenn. • Hapac, W.G. Co. K, 22nd Tenn. • Haydel, Joseph, Co. E, 18th La. • Harris, G.D. Co. E, 4th Ark. • Hughes, James H. Co. K, 60th N.C. • Ledbetter, W.A. Co. G, 4th Tenn. • Luke, Henry, Co. F, 1st La. • McLaughlin, Morris, Co. C, 16th La. • Mason, W. Co. G, 9th Texas • Owen, A.C. Co. H, 23rd Tenn. • Payne, James, Co. K, 22nd, Tenn. • Penot, A. Co. C, 8th Ark. • Rollins, C.W. Co. D. 7th Miss. • Rykard, Edmund C. Co. C. 4th Fla. • Slipiwa, George, 21st La. • Spence, William 31st Ala.

Erected 1904 by Elizabeth Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy (monument) • The United States of America (plaque).

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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. 37° 59.07′ N, 87° 32.266′ W. Marker is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County. Memorial is at the intersection of Central Drive and Pear Drive, on the left when traveling north on Central Drive. Memorial is within Oak Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Evansville IN 47711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Oak Hill Cemetery (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Evansville G.A.R. Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); John W. Boehne Home (approx. 1.1 miles away); Charlie Wiggins (approx. 1.4 miles away); Evansville African American Museum Founder’s Marker (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lincoln Gardens (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lucia E. Blount (approx. 1.8 miles away); Home of Johnson Duncan Cox (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Evansville.

Regarding Evansville Confederate Memorial. From the Smithsonian American Art Museums Art Inventories Catalog:

A standing Confederate sentry in full field gear, with proper
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023

2. Evansville Confederate Memorial Detail
left foot forward, holds a rifle with the butt downward, hands placed on the barrel with the proper left over proper right. The figure stands on a low rectangular base next to a large rectangular marker.

The bronze sculpture sits on a granite base. The sculptor is unknown.

Also see . . . How Evansville got a Confederate monument. Vanderburgh County Historian Stan Schmidt explains Evansville's fascinating role in the Civil War, and why a Confederate statue was placed in the city. (Jessie Higgins, Courier & Press, posted Aug. 17, 2017) (Submitted on June 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Evansville Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023

3. Evansville Confederate Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 102 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 25, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.