Confederate Soldier Memorial (Columbus, Ohio)

The Confederate Soldier Memorial, also known as Confederate Monument and Memorial Arch,[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed at Camp Chase in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, in the United States.[3][4]

Confederate Soldier Memorial
The monument in 2006
LocationColumbus, Ohio, U.S.

Description and history
The monument in 1909

The monument was erected in 1902 and commemorates the 2,260 Confederate soldiers buried at the site.[5][6] The memorial is 17 feet (5.2 m) and includes a bronze figure of a soldier standing on a granite arch, holding a rifle. Its original wooden arch, which was inscribed with the word "AMERICANS", was replaced with the current stone arch in 1902.[7]

The statue on top was toppled and destroyed by vandals overnight on August 22, 2017,[8] and was repaired and re-installed in May 2019.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". Nps.gov. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. "Memorial Arch, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. Wehrman, Jessica. "VA won't remove Confederate statue from Camp Chase". Dispatch.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. "Confederate Statues Remain Part of Ohio Civil War Landmark". Usnews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  5. Baldwin, FOX19 Digital Media Staff, Jennifer Baker, Michael. "Ohio Confederate monument removed overnight". Fox19.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. "Ohio Has A Monument Honoring Robert E. Lee, The Only Such Monument North Of The Ohio River". Coolumbusnavigator.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  7. Administration, National Cemetery. "Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration". Cem.va.gov. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. "#BREAKING: A confederate statue was knocked down at Camp Chase Cemetery in west Columbus. Officers are investigating". Twitter.com. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  9. Repaired statue of Confederate soldier reinstalled at Camp Chase cemetery Retrieved July 21, 2019

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