Riverfront in Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Soldiers Monument

March 11, 2010

1. Confederate Soldiers Monument (front)

Inscription. (front)
1861-1865
To the soldiers of
the Confederacy

Confederates blend your recollections
Let memory weave its bright reflections
Let love revive life’s ashen embers
For love is life since love remembers

PRO ARIS ET FOCIS

This monument is a legacy of Gabriel James Boney
Born Wallace, N.C., 1845 - Died Wilmington, N.C., 1915
A Confederate soldier

(rear)
Erected by a committee under the
testator’s will representing the
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Confederate Veterans’ Association
and his executor

MCMXXIV

Erected 1924 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Topics and series. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 34° 14.056′ N, 77° 56.754′ W. Marker was in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It was in Riverfront. It was at the intersection of South 3rd Street (U.S. 74) and Dock Street, in the median on South 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Wilmington NC 28401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument was in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: James Gibbons (a few steps from this marker); Washington's Southern Tour (within shouting distance of this marker); Elizabeth H. Bridgers Mansion (within shouting distance of this marker); Rose Greenhow (within shouting distance of this marker); Wooster House (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry Bacon (within shouting distance of this marker); Donald MacRae House (within shouting distance of this marker); DuBois-Boatwright House (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

More about this marker. The Latin phrase Pro Aris Et Focis translates "For Altar and Home"

Also see . . .
1. Confederate Memorial (Wilmington, North Carolina). Wikipedia (Submitted on March 15, 2010.)

2. Pro aris et focis. “Meaning ‘For god and country’ or literally ‘for our altars and our hearths,’ it is used by ancient authors to express attachment to all that was most dear and venerable. It could be more idiomatically translated ‘for our altars and our homes’.” (Submitted on March 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.)

Confederate Soldiers Monument (rear) image. Click for full size.

March 11, 2010

2. Confederate Soldiers Monument (rear)

Confederate Soldiers Monument Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010

3. Confederate Soldiers Monument Sculpture

Bronze by Frank H. Packer (1873–1957) is 13¼ feet high.

Sculpture Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010

4. Sculpture Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2010. This page has been viewed 1,856 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on September 13, 2024. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2010. 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.