Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Chicot County Confederate Monument
CSA
| | 1861 - 1865 | |
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
1. Chicot County Confederate Monument Marker
Front (West side)
soldiers of Chicot
County, the record
of whose sublime
self sacrifice and
undying devotion is
the proud heritage
of a loyal posterity."
Rear (East side)
they came,
Dear, in lifeless
clay;
Whether unknown or
known to fame,
their cause and coun-
try still the same,
they died and wore
the gray.
Father Ryan.
Erected by the
Captain McConnell
and
George K. Cracraft
Chapters U.D.C.
A.D., 1910.
and Chicot County
Erected 1910 by the Captain McConnell and George K. Cracraft Chapters U.D.C.
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Notable Places • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 33° 19.88′ N, 91° 16.898′ W. Monument is in Lake Village, Arkansas, in Chicot County. It is at the intersection of North Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 144) and Main Street, in the median on North Lakeshore Drive. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 108 Main Street, Lake Village AR 71653, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Arkansas Delta, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, 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: Chicot County (a few steps from this marker); Chicot County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Italian Immigrants On Sunnyside Plantation (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (approx. 1.8 miles away); Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh (approx. 1.8 miles away); Saunders-Pettit-Chapman-Cook Plantation Home (approx. 4.4 miles away); In Memoriam Hyner Cemetery (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Village.
More about this monument. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the monument. (Submitted on November 4, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
2. Chicot County Confederate Monument (Front -West Side)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
3. Chicot County Confederate Monument (Rear - East Side)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 17, 2015
4. View north on Lakeshore Drive.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 846 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 4, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
