Mississippi List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 mississippi

1.1 buildings
1.2 monuments

1.2.1 courthouse monuments
1.2.2 other public monuments


1.3 inhabited places
1.4 water features , dams
1.5 roads
1.6 highways
1.7 schools
1.8 state symbols
1.9 photos
1.10 former

mississippi

there @ least 131 public spaces confederate monuments in mississippi.

buildings

greenwood: confederate memorial building
hattiesburg: jefferson davis hall @ pearl river community college
oxford: lamar hall (1977) @ university of mississippi see schools below

monuments

unveiling of confederate monument in carrollton, mississippi, 1905


courthouse monuments

brandon: rankin county confederate monument (1907)
carrollton: confederate monument , flag, carroll county courthouse (1905)
charleston: confederate monument
cleveland: confederate monument (1908) bolivar troop chapter of udc, bolivar county
columbus: lowndes county confederate monument (1912)
corinth: col. william p. rogers statue (1895, moved grounds of alcorn county courthouse 1920)
de kalb: confederate monument on courthouse grounds
ellisville: jones county courthouse , confederate monument
greenville: confederate monument (1909)
greenwood: confederate monument (1913)
gulfport: confederate monument (1911) udc , board of supervisors of harrison county
hattiesburg: confederate memorial (1920) udc
hazlehurst: confederate monument (1917)
kosciusko: attala county courthouse , confederate monument (1911)
laurel: confederate memorial (1912)
lexington: confederate monument (1908)
macon: confederate memorial monument (1901)
meridian: confederate monument (1912)
oxford: confederate monument (1907)
philadelphia: confederate monument (1912)
port gibson: confederate monument (1900)
quitman: clarke county courthouse , confederate monument (1911)
raymond: confederate monument (1908)
ripley: confederate monument (1911, destroyed 1970)
sumner: confederate monument (1913)
tupelo: confederate monument (1906, moved lee county courthouse square in 1930s)

other public monuments

old aberdeen cemetery



grenada, mississippi



desoto county confederate monument, hernando, mississippi



aberdeen: confederate monument in old aberdeen cemetery (1900)
amory: amory s tribute heroes of 1861–1865 (1924)
beulah: confederate monument (1905), beulah cemetery
biloxi:

tomb of unknown confederate soldier
beauvoir, post-war home jefferson davis, contains many monuments including:








president jefferson davis , sons (2008), life-size bronze statue commissioned sons of confederate veterans (scv) commemorate 150th anniversary of birth of jefferson davis. statue features davis standing arms around both son joe, , jim limber, mixed-race stepchild of davis family svc called person lost in history revisionist historians, felt existence impair contrived notions of davis . scv first offered statue american civil war center @ tredegar iron works in richmond, virginia in order balance importance of statue located there depicting lincoln son while visited burned-out confederate capital in 1865. when center not guarantee or whether statue displayed or explain how might interpreted , scv rescinded offer. statue placed @ svc-managed jefferson davis presidential library , museum @ beauvoir in 2010.






brookhaven: confederate monument, rose hill cemetery
brooksville: our heroes monument (1911)
canton: howcott monument loyal servants of harvey scouts (1894)
clinton: confederate monument (1928), clinton cemetery
columbus:

confederate monument (1894), friendship cemetery
monument confederate dead (1873), friendship cemetery


corinth: corinth confederate memorial (1992)
crystal springs: confederate monument, crystal springs cemetery
duck hill: confederate soldiers monument (1908)
fayette: confederate soldier sculpture (1904)
forest: confederate monument, western cemetery
greenville: confederate monument, greenville cemetery
greenwood: confederate memorial building (1915)
grenada: confederate monument (1910) in public square
hattiesburg: forrest county confederate memorial (1910)
heidelberg: confederate statue (1911)
hernando: desoto county confederate monument, hernando memorial cemetery
jackson:

andrew jackson monument (1972)
confederate monument, mississippi department of archives , history building, dedicated june 1891.
women of confederacy monument (1917)


liberty: confederate monument (1871), first confederate monument in mississippi. dedicated liberty lodge of masons.
louisville: confederate monument (1921)
natchez: confederate monument (1890)
okolona: our confederate dead (1905)
pontotoc: confederate monument in town square, dedicated in 1919, or 1930s
port gibson: claiborne county s tribute sons served in war of 1861–65. (1906)
university: confederate monument
vaiden: vaiden confederate monument (1912)


john c. pemberton @ vicksburg national military park



vicksburg:

cedar hill cemetery: soldiers rest confederate monument (1893), estimated 5,000 confederate soldiers buried.
vicksburg national military park: kentucky memorial composed of bronze statues of abraham lincoln , jefferson davis, both native kentuckians.
vicksburg national military park: lt. gen. stephen d. lee statue (1909).
vicksburg national military park: lt. gen. john c. pemberton statue.
vicksburg national military park: texas monument, listing texas units on vicksburg defensive line, in walker s texas division, , in joseph e. johnston s army.
vicksburg national military park: missouri monument, 1 of 2 state memorials on battlefield dedicated soldiers of both armies, located 2 opposing missouri regiments clashed in battle, dedicated on october 17, 1917, during national peace jubilee.


west point:

confederate monument (1907)
the battle of ellis bridge monument (1994)


winona: confederate memorial statue (1909)
yazoo city: confederate monument

inhabited places

benton county (1870) named csa brig. gen. samuel benton politician attended mississippi secessionist convention.
forrest county (1908)
jefferson davis county (1906)
lee county (1866)
city of stonewall

water features , dams

hattiesburg:

jefferson davis lake
jefferson davis lake dam



roads

highways

jefferson davis highway
lee highway

schools

confederate cemetery memorial, university of mississippi



brooklyn:

forrest county agricultural high school (1916)
south forrest attendance center (1960)


caledonia: caledonia high school: school s athletic teams nicknamed confederates.
hattiesburg:

north forrest elementary school
jefferson davis hall @ pearl river community college


jackson:

george elementary school. named james zachariah george signed mississippi secession ordinance , drafted state constitution denied voting rights black citizens.
lee elementary school (1922)


oxford:

jeff davis elementary school (1959)
university of mississippi ( ole miss ).

confederate cemetery memorial (1906)
the school s athletic teams nicknamed rebels.
from 1979 2003, mascot colonel reb.
the name ole miss how slaves once addressed mistress of plantation. can found on campus, on signs, sweatshirts, , in football cheer.
various plaques have been installed , modified try , contextualize school s history.
lamar hall (1977) memorializes lucius q. c. lamar, slaveholder drafted mississippi s order of secession , funded own csa regiment. post-war, agitated white supremacy, such speech before 1875 election said involved supremacy of unconquered , unconquerable saxon race,




rolling fork: sharkey issaquena academy (private school). school s athletic teams nicknamed confederates.

state symbols

the flag of mississippi (1894) features confederate battle flag






various state insignia incorporate state flag
mississippi national guard seal features flag of mississippi (incorporating confederate battle flag) flying on solder @ attention.

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former

jackson

davis magnet ib school. renamed barack obama magnet ib school in 2017.






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