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Creation Date
9-25-2012
Description
Confederate Memorial at Greensville County Courthouse Emporia VA
Artist: Unknown, sculptor.
Title: Confederate Memorial at Greensville County Courthouse, (sculpture).
Other Titles: Confederate Soldiers of Greensville County, (sculpture).
Dates: 1910. Dedicated Oct. 1910.
Medium: Marble and granite.
Inscription: (On front of shaft:) TO THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF GREENSVILLE COUNTY/1861.-1865/WHO, IN DEFENSE OF RIGHTS/THEY BELIEVED SACRED,/TOOK UP ARMS AGAINST/THE INVADERS OF VIRGINIA./"THE GLORY DIES NOT, AND/THE GRIEF IS PAST." (On back of shaft:) ERECTED BY THE DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY/OF GREENSVILLE COUNTY,/VIRGINIA, 1910 unsigned
Description: A standing figure of a Confederate soldier holding his rifle vertically in front of him. The sculpture rests atop a tall granite shaft that is adorned on the front with the insignia of the Confederate States of America encircled by a wreath.
Owner: Administered by Greensville County, County Administrator, Route 301, Courthouse Square, Emporia, Virginia 23847
Located Courthouse Square, Emporia, Virginia
Latitude, Longitude
36 deg 41' 12.50", 77 deg 32' 32.56"
Recommended Citation
Taylor,, George Lansing Jr., "Confederate Monument Emporia VA" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 7160.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/7160
