The entire 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) monument is made of granite; mostly gray granite, but with some white granite. The southward-facing statue has been said to be "defiant", with its back to the North, its defiant gaze, and its proud mustache.[2]
The monument was constructed by John Davis and Sons Marble and Granite Works of Princeton, Kentucky, at a cost of approximately US$10,000 (equivalent to $315,724 in 2023) raised privately by the Tom Johnson UDC chapter and surviving local Confederate veterans.[3]
The statue's inscription reads "C.S.A. In Memory of Confederate Soldiers and the Cause for Which They Fought 1861-1865. Erected by Tom Johnson Chapter UDC". A Confederate battle flag is engraved on the left side of the statue's base.
It was dedicated to a large crowd including surviving local Confederate veterans of Jim Pearce Camp No. 527, United Confederate Veterans, on November 12, 1912. Many businesses in Princeton closed for the ceremony.
^ abPrinceton, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 7, 2008
^Granite Marble & Bronze. Vol. 20. Boston: A. M. Hunt & Co. July 3, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Google Books.
^Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997). National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935(pdf). National Park Service.
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