Clarksville Confederate Monument, Civil War memorial in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, United States.
Clarksville Confederate Monument is a white marble obelisk 10 feet tall, 21.5 inches square at its base, set on a limestone pedestal 2 feet square and 22 inches high. It stands in the south-central section of Oakland Cemetery. The lower shaft carries an inscription to the Confederate war dead, and the spire is carved with a floral pattern.
The Clarksville Confederate Monument was placed about 1902 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which raised it to commemorate the Confederate war dead. It stands in the south-central section of Oakland Cemetery. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The inscription carved into the lower part of the obelisk reads "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD." The wording follows the memorial formulas common among United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters, which placed this marker about 1902 in Oakland Cemetery.
The obelisk stands in the south-central part of Oakland Cemetery, mounted on a limestone pedestal 2 feet square and 22 inches high. Visitors walk through the cemetery grounds to reach it; the monument is 10 feet tall, so it can be picked out above nearby headstones. Approach on foot and view it from the paths around the plot.
The obelisk's spire is carved with a floral pattern, a decorative detail easily missed when reading the inscription on the lower shaft. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, nearly a century after the local United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter placed it about 1902.
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