Yazoo City in Yazoo County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Yazoo County Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
1. Yazoo City Civil War Memorial Marker
As at Thermopylae, the greater
glory was to the vanquished
———
This monument is erected to
perpetuate the memory of the
noble courage, constancy and
self sacrificing devotion of the
women of the Confederacy, and
the patriotism and heroic valor
of the Confederate soldiers,
and all who fought on land or
sea for the country and
the cause they loved so well.
Erected 1909 by the Jefferson Davis Chapter U.D.C. No. 216; Yazoo Camp, U.C.V No. 178; and the Sons of Confederate Veterans and people of Yazoo County.
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, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy series lists.
Location. 32° 51.029′ N, 90° 24.695′ W. Memorial is in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in Yazoo County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and North Washington Street, on the left when traveling south on North Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 508 North Washington Street, Yazoo City MS 39194, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Mississippi and in Greater Jackson. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Mississippi Delta. 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
this page online
More about this memorial. On the opposite side from the inscription, there is an engraved Confederate Flag in a laurel wreath with the words "Semper Fidelis" underneath.
Also see . . . Visit Yazoo - Confederate Monument. (Submitted on September 26, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
2. Yazoo County Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
3. Memorial and old high school in background.
Sides have logo of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
4. Memorial located across from Yazoo City Post Office
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,320 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 26, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
