[Monument's east side]:
Commanding Cavalry Corps
Army Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
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This statue erected by his comrades
and the City of Richmond
A.D. 1906
[Monument's south side]:
“Tell . . . — — Map (db m9150) HM
This cannon marks the spot where in 1861 a large earthwork of the Inner Line of Defence was constructed Placed in 1915 by the City of Richmond at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society — — Map (db m15509) HM
Jefferson Davis Exponent of Constitutional Principles Defender of the Rights of States Crescit occulto velut arbor aevo fama
With constancy and courage unsurpassed, he sustained the heavy burden laid upon him by his people. When their cause . . . — — Map (db m270935) HM
[Inscription on east face of monument:]Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. 1943 - 1993
World Champion, Author, Humanitarian,
Founder of Virginia Heroes, Incorporated,
Native of Richmond, Virginia.
This Monument was placed at Monument Avenue and . . . — — Map (db m22823) HM
This cannon marks the location of the Second Line of the Confederate Defenses of Richmond Placed in 1938 by the City of Richmond at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society — — Map (db m15510) HM
