Lake Village Confederate Monument

The Lake Village Confederate Monument is located on the median of Lakeshore Drive, between Main and Jackson Streets in Lake Village, Arkansas. The marble monument depicts a Confederate Army soldier standing in mid stride with his left foot forward. His right hand holds the barrel of a rifle, whose butt rests on the monument base. He carries a bedroll draped over his left shoulder, and wears a Confederate cap. A cannon that served as a fountain was once part of the sculpture, but is now missing. The statue is about 6 feet (1.8 m) high and 2 feet (0.61 m) square; it rests on a marble foundation that is 20 feet (6.1 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and 8 feet (2.4 m) high. The monument was erected in 1910 by two chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of about $3,000.[2]

Lake Village Confederate Monument
Lake Village Confederate Monument is located in Arkansas
Lake Village Confederate Monument
Lake Village Confederate Monument is located in the United States
Lake Village Confederate Monument
LocationLakeshore Dr. median, between Main and Jackson Sts., Lake Village, Arkansas
Coordinates33°19′51″N 91°17′5″W / 33.33083°N 91.28472°W / 33.33083; -91.28472
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSCivil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.96000509[1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1996

The base has inscriptions on its east and west faces. The east face, or rear, reads "Erected by the / Captain McConnell / and / George K. Cracraft / Chapters, U.D.C. / A.D. 1910 / And Chicot County" / "We care not whence / They came, / Dear, in lifeless clay / Whether unknown or known to fame / Their cause and country still the same / They died and wore the gray. / Father Ryan." The west face, or front, reads "1861-1865 CSA / To the Confederate soldiers of Chicot / County, the record of whose sublime / Self sacrifice and undying devotion / Is the proud heritage / Of a loyal posterity."[2]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Lake Village Confederate Monument" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-14.