Livingston in Sumter County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Sumter County Confederate Monument
1861 - 1865
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 19, 2016
1. Sumter County Confederate Monument
Confederate
Heroes
For listing of names on monument - see below
Erected 1908 by Sumter Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This monument and 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. 32° 34.967′ N, 88° 11.285′ W. Monument is in Livingston, Alabama, in Sumter County. It can be reached from the intersection of Lafayette Street and Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south. Located on the northeast side of the Sumter County Courthouse. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 115 Franklin Street, Livingston AL 35470, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. 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 New Spain, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sumter County (within shouting distance of this marker); Livingston, Alabama / Livingston's Bored Well (within shouting distance of this marker); Livingston, Ala. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Houston-Bailey House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Livingston State College (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sumter County's Covered Bridge (approx. 0.9 miles away); Line 32° 28΄ North Latitude (approx. 7.4 miles away); York Veterans War Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Livingston.
Also see . . . Listing of 127 names on monument.
this page online
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 19, 2016
2. Sumter County Confederate Monument (rear view)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 19, 2016
3. View of Confederate monument next to county courthouse.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,394 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
