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Headland in Henry County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Henry County Confederate Memorial

 
 
Henry County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014
1. Henry County Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
To the glory of God
and in memory of
those boys who went from
Henry County, Alabama
to the battlefields of the
Confederacy
1861-1865

 
Erected 1936 by the Headland Chapter No. 1673 ALA 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. 31° 21.124′ N, 85° 20.558′ W. Memorial is in Headland, Alabama, in Henry County. It is on Main Street 0.1 miles south of Alabama Route 173, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Main Street, Headland AL 36345, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Wiregrass. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Headland, Alabama / Headland Public Square (here, next to this marker); Head's Land Yielded Fruits of Success (a few steps from this marker); Headland World War I Monument (a few steps from this marker); First Baptist Church of Headland (approx. Ό mile away); Piney Grove Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery (approx. 2 miles away); Mallalieu Seminary (approx. 3.7 miles
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away); Kinsey Baptist Church (approx. 3.9 miles away); Headland Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Headland.
 
Henry County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014
2. Henry County Civil War Memorial
Memorial in Town Square image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014
3. Memorial in Town Square
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,512 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 17, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 9, 2026