Alabama List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 alabama

1.1 monuments

1.1.1 courthouse monuments
1.1.2 other public monuments
1.1.3 private monuments


1.2 inhabited places
1.3 parks, water features , dams
1.4 roads
1.5 schools
1.6 state symbols
1.7 city symbols

alabama

there @ least 107 public spaces confederate monuments in alabama.

the 2017 alabama memorial preservation act passed prevent local governments removing confederate monuments , memorials.

monuments
courthouse monuments

the pickens county war memorial in carrollton, alabama



detail of troy confederate monument in troy, alabama, showing cavalryman, infantryman, , confederate flag made of flowers



raphael semmes monument in mobile, alabama sculptor caspar buberl



confederate memorial monument in montgomery, alabama sculptor alexander doyle



jackson county court house, birmingham, 1932



ashville: confederate soldiers of ashville monument, st. clair county courthouse (1923) united daughters of confederacy, (udc) ashville chapter
athens:limestone county confederate soldiers memorial, limestone county courthouse (1922) united confederate veterans (ucv) , udc
butler: confederate monument, choctaw county courthouse (1936) udc, choctaw ruffin dragoon chapter
carrollton: confederate war memorial, pickens county courthouse (1927)
centre: confederate memorial, cherokee county courthouse (1988) scv, emma sansom camp no. 27
centreville: confederate monument, bibb county courthouse (1910) udc, leonard calloway pratt chapter no. 1056. these men simple manhood of lives, strict adherence principles of right, sublime courage , unspeakable sacrifices, heroism of death, have preserved through gloom of defeat priceless heritage of honor.
decatur: confederate monument, near morgan county courthouse (1922) udc, joe wheeler chapter no. 291
fayette: confederate monument, fayette county courthouse (1929) udc, fayette chapter
florence: confederate monument, lauderdale county courthouse (1903) ladies memorial association
greensboro: confederate monument, hale county courthouse (1904) ladies memorial association of greensboro.
huntsville: confederate veterans memorial, madison county courthouse (1905) udc
jasper: confederate monument, walker county courthouse (1907) jasper county chapter 925 udc
livingston: confederate monument, sumter county courthouse (1908) udc, sumter chapter
moulton: confederate monument, lawrence county courthouse (2006) scv, lt. j. k. mcbride camp no. 241 , alabama division
tuscumbia: confederate veterans monument, colbert county courthouse (1911) udc, tuscumbia chapter
tuskegee: tuskegee confederate monument, town square (1906) udc of macon county, alabama

other public monuments

newton, alabama



calhoun county confederate memorial in ohatchee, alabama



anniston: major john pelham monument, quintard avenue (1905) through efforts of clarence j. owens, president of anniston college young ladies.
athens: limestone county confederate soldiers memorial, athens city cemetery (1909) udc, joseph e. johnston chapter.
birmingham: confederate soldiers , sailors monument, linn park (1905) udc, pelham chapter no. 67.
demopolis:

confederate monument (1910). statue toppled on july 16, 2016 when policeman accidentally crashed patrol car monument; statue fell pedestal , heavily damaged. in 2017, demopolis city council voted 3–2 move damaged confederate statue local museum , install new obelisk memorial honors both union , confederate soldiers.
breastworks confederate memorial (1941).
confederate square (now demopolis public square).


eufaula: confederate monument (1905) udc, barbour county chapter.
fort payne: confederate monument (1913) udc , scv of dekalb county, alabama.
gadsden:

emma sansom , nathan bedford forrest monument (1907) udc, gadsden chapter.
turkey town monument (1992) scv, turkey town valley camp #1512.


greenville: butler county confederate memorial, our confederate dead , @ confederate park (1903) udc of butler county, alabama, father ryan chapter.
hamilton: confederate veterans bicentennial memorial (1977).
hayneville: soldiers of lowndes county died in service, hayneville town square.
headland: henry county confederate memorial (1936) udc, headland chapter no. 1673.
jacksonville: confederate monument, jacksonville town square (1909).
lowndesboro: our confederate soldiers monument (1929) lowndesboro chapter of udc of lowndes county, alabama.
midway

granite boulder marker @ hwy 82 & 51 erected commemorate jefferson davis highway , soldiers of confederacy.
confederate memorial marker @ corner of hwy 82 , main street in honour of midway guards prior drill grounds erected udc (1960).


millbrook: robinson springs camp confederate monument (1913) ucv camp no. 396, elmore county, alabama.
mobile

statue of admiral raphael semmes, on government street near bankhead tunnel (1900) scv, raphael semmes camp 11.
confederate fortification monument (1940), mobile national cemetery.


montgomery

confederate memorial monument, known monument confederate soldiers , sailors , on grounds of alabama state capitol (1898).
dexter avenue monument (1942).
jefferson davis presidential star, alabama state capitol steps (1897) udc, sophie bibb chapter.
jefferson davis statue, on grounds of alabama state capitol (1940) udc.
john allan wyeth – m.d., l.l.d. marker
robert e. lee statue, robert e. lee high school (1908, moved in 1960).


opelika: confederate monument (1911) udc, robert e. lee chapter.
newton: monument dedicated confederate victory in battle of newton.
ohatchee: calhoun county confederate memorial (2003) @ janney furnace park, world s largest black granite confederate memorial
ozark: dale county confederate soldiers monument (1910) stonewall jackson chapter udc no. 667 of dale county, alabama.
prattville:

confederate monument, city hall square (1908) udc.
prattville dragoons memorial monument (scv) (2002).


rogersville: csa gen. joseph wheeler monument, joe wheeler state park (2006) scv, freeman s battery forrest s artillery camp no. 1939.


arsenal place memorial in selma, alabama



bust of nathan bedford forrest in old live oak cemetery.



selma:

edmund pettus bridge (1940), on route 80, named confederate general , alabama grand dragon of kkk. ironically, bridge famous site of bloody sunday march 7, 1965, when, led martin luther king, jr., civil rights marchers heading east towards montgomery met @ bridge state , local lawmen, attacked them billy clubs , tear gas , drove them selma.
defense of selma memorial (1907) udc.
memorial boulder marking selma ordnance , naval foundry destroyed federals 1865, placed ...in honor of memory of hundreds of faithful men made these great works base war material entire confederate army , navy. (1917) alabama division united daughters of confederacy.
arsenal place memorial (1931), marking site of confederate ordnance works destroyed union army april 6, 1865 .
a memorial arch on grounds of federal building / u.s. courthouse honors confederate generals , senators john tyler morgan , edmund pettus.
old live oak cemetery, selma city-owned property, incorporates various features including:

jefferson davis memorial chair – inscribed stone chair.
confederate memorial circle (1878) confederate memorial association.
nathon bedford forrest bust monument (2000). built partly city funds, sponsored friends of forrest , udc. bust of forrest allegedly stolen sometime later. base inscribed in part defender of selma, wizard of saddle, untutored genius, first most.
a confederate soldier monument (pre-1881) cannons protecting it.
graves , memorials 4 csa generals: john tyler morgan, edmund winston pettus, nathaniel h. r. dawson, william j. hardee , confederate navy commander catesby ap roger jones.
a building historically used concerts , confederate memorial day celebrations.
elodie todd dawson monument (sister-in-law president lincoln, strong advocate confederacy).




troy: comrades confederate monument (1908) pike monumental association, ucv, , udc of pike county, alabama
tuscaloosa: university of alabama civil war memorial, south entrance of amelia gayle gorgas library (1914) udc, alabama division.

private monuments

mesopotamia cemetery, eutaw, alabama



auburn: auburn guard monument, pine hill cemetery (1893) ladies memorial association, forerunner of udc
brantley: unknown alabama confederate soldiers, new confederate monument, installed in confederate veterans memorial park in brantley 2 weeks after rally right rally in august 2017. park privately owned.
birmingham: confederate monument, elmwood cemetery (1906), ucv, camp hardee
boligee: confederate monument, bethsalem cemetery (1896) ladies memorial association
camden: confederate monument (1880) ladies memorial , wilcox monumental associations, wilcox county, alabama
eutaw: confederate monument in mesopotamia cemetery.
gainesville:

confederate dead monument, gainesville cemetery (1876) ladies memorial association of gainesville
forrest confederate monument (1923) udc


jacksonville: gallant pelham statue, jacksonville city cemetery (1905) udc, john h. forney chapter
mobile: confederate rest , monument, magnolia cemetery (1874)
tuscaloosa: confederate monument, greenwood cemetery (1880) ladies memorial association
union springs: confederate monument, old city cemetery (the confederate cemetery) (1893) ladies memorial association

inhabited places

bullock county (1866) named secessionist politician , csa col. edward bullock
chilton county (1868) named william parish chilton, judge , member of confederate provisional congress
city of clanton (1866) seat of chilton county named csa brig. gen. james h. clanton
cleburne county (1866) named csa maj. gen. patrick cleburne
hale county (1867) named csa lt. col. stephen f. hale; member of provisional confederate states congress
lee county (1866) named robert e. lee.
beauregard, alabama (unincorporated) in lee county named csa gen. p.g.t. beauregard
wheeler, alabama (unincorporated) location of national register of historic places listed joseph wheeler plantation both named confederate general.

parks, water features , dams

brantley: confederate veterans memorial park, privately owned
demopolis: confederate park town square named in 1923 @ request of udc.
florence: mcfarland park , recreation area, named confederate maj. robert mcfarland
greenville: confederate park (1910)
marbury: confederate memorial park. site operated old soldiers home confederate veterans 1902 1939. in 1964, alabama state legislature established memorial park, hosts museum , archives
mountain creek: confederate memorial park , alabama confederate soldiers home
rogersville: joe wheeler state park (1949) beside wheeler lake , wheeler dam named confederate general , u.s. congressman joseph wheeler

roads

schools

brewton: jefferson davis community college (1965)
huntsville: lee high school (1957), home lee generals
montgomery:

jefferson davis high school (1968)
robert e. lee high school (1955). school mascot general


opelika:

beauregard elementary school (2001) new campus on lee county rd 300 constructed, shared location high school
beauregard high school (1923)


satsuma: robert e. lee elementary school
vestavia hills city schools, home of rebels. until 2017, school mascot rebel man, confederate flag-waving civil war rebel , plantation owner

state symbols

coat of arms of alabama



alabama coat of arms (1923) , state seal include confederate battle flag.
alabama state flag (1895) alabama department of archives , history found in 1915 flag meant preserve in permanent form of more distinctive features of confederate battle flag, particularly st. andrew s cross. according historian john m. coski, adoption of alabama s flag coincided rise of jim crow laws , segregation, other former confederate slave states, such mississippi , florida, adopted new state flags based off confederate designs around same time when states instituted jim crow segregation laws themselves:
the governor s version of state flag includes st andrew s cross plus state coat of arms confederate battle flag inclusion , military crest on bottom.





city symbols

mobile: city flag includes city seal incorporates small confederate battle flag along other flags.[1]
montgomery:

the red , gray city flag includes strip of stars confederate battle flag.
the city seal (seen here) includes words cradle of confederacy , birthplace of civil rights movement