Dyersburg in Dyer County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, April 12, 2019

1. Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques (First of Two)

Inscription.

Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques. . [First plaque] “For our tomorrow they gave their today” , Killed in Action. Bundy Alexander . Robert Edgar Austin . Robert Allen Brewer . Tipton J. Brewer . Robert T. Brown . Clarence P. Butler . Murrow Childress . Earl R. Cooper . Hampton Cooper . Roy Lee Daniels . Wesley Davis . Richard L. Glidewell . Edwin Bruce Gaynor . Linzie B. Greer . George W. Hamilton . Ira H. Justice . Elihu Light . George Looney . George F. Miller . Ira H. Morgan . Emmett H. Moore . Charlie I. Moss . John R. Mulherrin . George W. Rose . John H. Sarrells . Jodie P. Smith . William E. Sparks . George Henry Thompson , Died in Service. Lunda Meeks Barber . William Triplett Basye . William Henry Boyd . William B. Boyette . Robert Clyne Burns . Thomas R. Canada . Rock Carver . Jim E. Collins . Claud W. Connell . John Carroll Doylew . John W. Ellis . Charley Tilton Fish . William E. Follis . Ben M. Fowlkes . Willie Fowlkes . William T. Freeman . Robert O. Hancock . Plury Howard . Adrian O. Jett . Will C. Lark . John E. Lewis . Roy Martin . George Pate . Jesse Pike . Mark L. Poteet . Sherman Prichard . Gordie L. Reddin . Floyd Richards . L.C. Robinson . Sam Shearer . Bennie Simmons . Arthur Donnie Skaggs . Robert Lee Spencer . Bob Taylor . Ezra Bonner Thompson . Lee Todd . Orvine Wilson . Luther B. Woodyard , Died of Injuries Received in Service. Holland Ayers . Harve L. Beach . Charles C. Blood . Thomas A. Finley . Jerry M. Glidewell . John Henry Harrison . George Hudson . Dallas T. Baker . Clarence M. Richardson . Robert B. Montgomery . Will J. Odom . Clifford R. Ozment . Robert Lee Vaughn , [Second plaque] “The sun never shone on a braver band nor braver fought for a fairer land”. Company K Fourth Tennessee Infantry . Company B Twelfth Tennessee Infantry . Company K Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry . Company I Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry . Company K Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry . Company D Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry . Company E Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry . Company C Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry . Company F Fifteenth Tennessee Calvary . Company C Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry

[First plaque] “For our tomorrow they gave their today”

Killed in Action Bundy Alexander • Robert Edgar Austin • Robert Allen Brewer • Tipton J. Brewer • Robert T. Brown • Clarence P. Butler • Murrow Childress • Earl R. Cooper • Hampton Cooper • Roy Lee Daniels • Wesley Davis • Richard L. Glidewell • Edwin Bruce Gaynor • Linzie B. Greer • George W. Hamilton • Ira H. Justice • Elihu Light • George Looney • George F. Miller • Ira H. Morgan • Emmett H. Moore • Charlie I. Moss • John R. Mulherrin • George W. Rose • John H. Sarrells • Jodie P. Smith • William E. Sparks • George Henry Thompson

Died in Service Lunda Meeks Barber • William Triplett Basye • William Henry Boyd • William B. Boyette • Robert Clyne Burns • Thomas R. Canada • Rock Carver • Jim E. Collins • Claud W. Connell • John Carroll Doylew • John W. Ellis • Charley Tilton Fish • William E. Follis • Ben M. Fowlkes • Willie Fowlkes • William T. Freeman • Robert O. Hancock • Plury Howard • Adrian O. Jett • Will C. Lark • John E. Lewis • Roy Martin • George Pate • Jesse Pike • Mark L. Poteet • Sherman Prichard • Gordie L. Reddin • Floyd Richards • L.C. Robinson • Sam Shearer • Bennie Simmons • Arthur Donnie Skaggs • Robert Lee Spencer • Bob Taylor • Ezra Bonner Thompson • Lee Todd • Orvine Wilson

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• Luther B. Woodyard

Died of Injuries Received in Service Holland Ayers • Harve L. Beach • Charles C. Blood • Thomas A. Finley • Jerry M. Glidewell • John Henry Harrison • George Hudson • Dallas T. Baker • Clarence M. Richardson • Robert B. Montgomery • Will J. Odom • Clifford R. Ozment • Robert Lee Vaughn

[Second plaque]
“The sun never shone on a braver band nor braver fought for a fairer land”
Company K Fourth Tennessee Infantry • Company B Twelfth Tennessee Infantry • Company K Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry • Company I Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry • Company K Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry • Company D Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry • Company E Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry • Company C Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry • Company F Fifteenth Tennessee Calvary • Company C Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry

Erected 1926 by Dawson Bivouac, United Confederate Veterans.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list.

Location. 36° 1.949′ N, 89° 23.176′ W. Memorial is in Dyersburg, Tennessee, in Dyer County. It is on West Court Street

Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques (Second of Two) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

2. Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques (Second of Two)

east of South Mill Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Plaques are on the sides of the Dyer County Courthouse's main doors. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 W Court St, Dyersburg TN 38024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

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: Dyer County Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Dyer County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Dyer County in the War (within shouting distance of this marker); Col. Robert Henry Dyer (within shouting distance of this marker); Dyer County Walk of Fame (within shouting distance of this marker); Dyer County Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Lt. James Alton Gardner (within shouting distance of this marker); Dyer County WWII Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dyersburg.

Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

3. Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2024.