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Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama
Located in Selma, Alabama, the Edmund Pettus Bridge was built in 1940 crossing the Alabama River and on the U.S. Route 80. It is named after the last senator who was Confederate general and Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. Edmund Pettus was…
Confederate Defenders of Charleston Monument
Overlooking Charleston Harbor with Fort Sumter in the distance stands one of the city’s most controversial points of interest, a seventeen-foot-tall statue dedicated to the Confederate Defenders of Charleston. Erected in 1932, the statue is dedicated…
Monument to Confederate Women, Little Rock, Arkansas
The statue is made of bronze, marble and concrete. It is standing on a tall pedestal on the lawn of the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock. The statue depicts a mother, her daughter, young son saying goodbye to her older son who is joining his…
Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue, Nashville
The Nathan Bedford Forrest statue was dedicated to paying respect for the Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard in 1998. The first photo in our archives gives a view of the sculptor located off of interstate 65 in Tennessee on private…
"Silent Sam," Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina
The Confederate Monument, or “Silent Sam,” is a bronze statue created by John A. Wilson and sponsored by the United Daughters of Confederacy (UDC) and University of North Carolina (UNC) alumni, who paid for one-third and two-thirds of the total cost…
Allendale Veterans Garden of Honor
The Allendale Veterans Garden of Honor consists of 9 statues of veterans who served from Allendale who had served in seven conflicts from the Civil War to the Gulf War and a statue to women's veterans.[1] Along with the statues of veterans at the…
Confederate Veterans Bicentennial Memorial, Hamilton, Alabama
In 1977, Judge James F. Shotts senior erected a plaque on the wall of the Marion County Courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama. Shotts was also a Colonel in the United States Army Reserves and retired in 1952. As stated on the plaque, Shotts was present at…
Appomattox Statue, Alexandria, Virginia
The Appomattox (statue) was a bronze monument honoring Confederate soldiers who had died while fighting during the American Civil War. The name "Appomattox" refers to the Battle of Appomattox Court House, which resulted in the surrender of Robert E.…
Jefferson Davis Monument, Fairview, Kentucky
The Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, Kentucky memorializes the birthplace of the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. According to accounts during a 1907 reunion of the Orphan Brigade, the largest military unit to be…
United Confederate Veterans Memorial of Seattle, Washington
The United Confederate Veterans Memorial was a Confederate memorial located in Lake View Cemetery in Seattle, Washington. The memorial was erected by May Avery Wilkins, the president of the Robert E Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the…