Monuments


Mississippi

Below is a list of monuments to personalities, soldiers, and events related to Mississippi's Civil War.

The following monuments are organized according to their location inside or outside of the state and then by their date of dedication. Monuments without clear dedication dates are listed at the bottom of the table.

 
 

Mississippi Monuments, in state

Dedicated

Location

Notes

1870

Holly Springs, Hill Crest Cemetery

1871

Liberty, Presbyterian Church

 

1872

Hernando, Baptist Cemetery

 

1873/1874

Columbus, Friendship Cemetery

 

1876

Crystal Springs, City Cemetery

 

1876/1901

Holly Springs, Hill Crest Cemetery

 

1881

Canton, Canton Cemetery

 

1882

Baldwyn, City Cemetery

 

1882

Brandon, Old Brandon Cemetery

 

1890s

Woodville, courthouse

 

1890

Meridian, Rose Hill Cemetery

 

1890

Natchez, Memorial Park

 

1891

Jackson, Old Capitol

State Monument

1892

Shubuta, City Cemetery

 

1893

Vicksburg, Cedar Hill Cemetery

 

1894

Canton, Canton Cemetery

Harvey Scouts Memorial

1894

Columbus, Friendship Cemetery

 

1896-1900

Canton

Confederate Slaves Monument

1896

Corinth, courthouse

moved to Courthouse in 1916

1896

Goodman, cemetery

 

1900

Aberdeen, moved to  Aberdeen Cemetery

moved to Armory c. 1939 and to Aberdeen Cemetery, c. 1995

1901

Macon, courthouse

 

1902

Iuka, Shady Grove Cemetery

moved to courthouse, c. 1950

pre 1904

Booneville, Citizens’ Cemetery

 

pre 1904

Forest, Confederate Cemetery

 

pre 1904

Macon, Odd Fellows Cemetery

 

1904

Winona, Oakwood Cemetery

 

1905

Carrollton, courthouse

 

1905

Fayette, Memorial Park

 

1905

Okalona, Main Street

 

1905

Oxford,
on University of Mississippi campus

 

1905

Rosedale, Beulah Cemetery

 

1906

Tupelo, courthouse

moved to Courthouse in 1934

1907

Brandon, courthouse

 

1907

Champion Hill Battlefield

Memorialized General Lloyd Tilghman's death

1907

Duck Hill, Duck Hill Baptist Church

 

1907

Oxford, courthouse

 

1907

Port Gibson, courthouse

 

1908

Cleveland, courthouse

 

1908

Lexington, courthouse

 

1908

Raymond, courthouse

 

1909

Greenville, courthouse

 

1909

Greenville, Greenville Cemetery

 

1909

Winona, moved to Montgomery County Library

 

1909

Yazoo City, Main Street

 

1909/1911

Macon

for Captain Walter Barker

1910

Castallian Springs, Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery

 

1910

Grenada, town square

 

1910

Hattiesburg, courthouse

 

1911

Brooksville, Main Street

 

1911

Gulfport, courthouse

 

1911

Heidelberg, Mary Weems Parker Memorial Library

 

1911

Kosciusko, courthouse

 

1911

Quitman, courthouse

 

1911

Ripley, courthouse

damaged c 1970, repaired in 1984

1911

Waynesboro, Justice Building

 

1912

Columbus, courthouse

 

1912

Corinth, Fort Robinette

Rogers Memorial

1912

Corinth, Fort Robinette

monument to Confederate dead

1912

Dekalb, courthouse

 

1912

Ellisville, Court Street North

 

1912

Laurel, courthouse

 

1912

Meridian, courthouse

 

1912

Philadelphia, courthouse

Soldier damaged in 1990 and moved inside

1912

Vaiden, courthouse

 

1913

Charleston, town square

 

1913

Greenwood, courthouse

 

1913

Sumner, courthouse

 

1914

West Point, courthouse

Col E.L. Russell Boulder

1916

McComb, City Hall

 

1917

Hazelhurst, courthouse

 

1917

Jackson, New Capitol grounds

Confederate Women's Monument

1918

Tupelo, battlefield site

 

1919

Pontotoc, town square

 

1921

Louisville

 

1922

Belzoni, courthouse

 

1924

Amory, Main Street

moved to courthouse in 1939

1926

Brookhaven, Rose Hill Cemetery

 

1926

Clinton, on Mississippi College campus

 

1926

Poplarville, courthouse

 

1928

Clinton, Clinton Cemetery

 

1928

Okalona, Confederate Cemetery

 

1931

Brice's Cross Roads, battlefield

 

1931

Durant, Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway

 

1931

Jackson, Greenwood Cemetery

 

1931

Tupelo, Harrisburg Battlefield

 

1932

Utica, cemetery

 

1933

Columbus

Dedicated at first decoration day ceremony

1937

Jackson, Battlefield Park

Confederate Trenches Monument

1939

Oxford, Confederate Cemetery on University of Mississippi campus

 

1950

Natchez, courthouse

 

1988

Quitman, Texas Field Cemetery

 

1990

Duck Hill

 

1992

Coffeeville, City Cemetery

 

1993

Vaiden, Vaiden Cemetery

Union Monument reworked as Confederate

 

Aberdeen

moved to Odd Fellows Cemetery, c. 1940s

 

Carrollton

 

 

Collins

 

 

Durant

 

 

French Camp, along Mississippi Central Railroad

 

 

Houston

 

 

Indianola

 

 

Magnolia

 

 

Maion

 

 

Meridian

In honor of Choctaw Indian Confederates

 

Natchez, Natchez Cemetery

 

 

Newton

 

 

Sardis, Davis Chapel Cemetery

For both Union and Confederate

 

Starkville

 

 

Terry

 

 

Vaiden, Vaiden Cemetery

 

 

Vicksburg

 

 

Water Valley

 

 

Water Valley, Oak Hill Cemetery

 

 

Woodville, Confederate Cemetery

 

Mississippi Monuments, out of state

1909-1912

Vicksburg National Military Park

Mississippi state monument

 

Gettysburg National Military Park

11th Mississippi Infantry

 

Gettysburg National Military Park

Mississippi state monument