Civil War Monument

The Confederate Private Monument, a sculpture by George Zolnay, is located about five hundred feet from the Parthenon. The monument erected in 1904 is dedicated to the heroism of the Confederate private. The focal point of the monument is a bronze statue of a Confederate private sitting atop a boulder holding a rifle. The United Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy commissioned this monument as a way to push the Lost Cause narrative of the Civil War. More of these monuments were erected around the 50th anniversary of the Civil War and then later in the 20th century during the Jim Crow era as an intimidation tactic.