Natchez in Adams County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Adams County Confederate Memorial

"Lest we forget"

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 22, 2014

1. Adams County Confederate Memorial

Inscription. ”Lest we forget – lest we forget”
To the boys who wore the grey.
Erected by the Natchez Chapter No. 304
Daughters of the Confederacy
January 19, 1950
Commemorating those who left from
Natchez and Adams County
Mustered into service on Court House Square
April 5, 1861

”For there’s not a man to wave it,
And there’s not a sword to save it,
And there’s not one left to lave it,
In the blood which heroes gave it.”

Erected 1950 by Natchez Chapter No. 304, Daughters of the Confederacy.

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° 33.593′ N, 91° 24.3′ W. Marker is in Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County. Memorial is on State Street east of South Wall Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located on the south side of the Adams County Courthouse grounds, near the south courthouse entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 South Wall Street, Natchez MS 39120, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Intersection of State and South Wall streets (within shouting distance of this marker); William Johnson House

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(within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The William Johnson House (within shouting distance of this marker); Intersection of State and South Canal streets (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Intersection of State and South Pearl streets (about 400 feet away); Intersection of Washington and South Wall Streets (about 400 feet away); Intersection of Main and Wall streets (about 400 feet away); Texada (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Natchez.

More about this memorial. Marker is a large, polished and engraved upright-standing granite monument.

Adams County Confederate Memorial (<i>wide view; marker visible in front of courthouse on right</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 22, 2014

2. Adams County Confederate Memorial (wide view; marker visible in front of courthouse on right)

Adams County Courthouse, Natchez, Mississippi (<i>south entrance</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 22, 2014

3. Adams County Courthouse, Natchez, Mississippi (south entrance)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2018. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 298 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 7, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.