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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
TO THE MEMORY
of the
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
of the
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
Who Fought To Uphold
The Right Declared By
The Pen Of Jefferson
And Achieved By The
Sword Of Washington
With Sublime Self Sacrifice
They
Battled To Preserve
The Independence Of The State
Which Was Won From
Great Britain
and
To Perpetuate The
Constitutional Government
Which Was Established By The
Fathers.
Actuated By The Purest
Patriotism
They Performed Deeds
Of Prowess Such As
Thrilled The Heart Of
Mankind With Admiration.
"Full in the Front of war they stood
and displayed courage
so superb
That it gave a new and
brighter luster in the
annals of valor.
History
contains no chronicles
more illustrious them
the story of their
Achievements
and although
worn out by
ceaseless conflicts
and
overwhelmed by numbers
they were finally
forced to yield.
Their glory and brightest images
penned by press and by states.
shall go sounding down the skies."
ROBERT E. LEE
History:
The upper part of the shaft is carved an allegorical figure of the "Angel of the Confederacy." The bronze relief depicts a southern family about to send its only adult male into the war. On the rear is a quote from Robert E. Lee.
Sculptor: George Julian Zolnay, 1914; Erected in memory of the Soldiers and Sailor of the Confederate States by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Saint Louis; December 1914.
Lindell Blvd & Confederate Dr., Forrest Park, Saint Louis City Missouri
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