Confederate Monument Dedicated Oct. 23, 1923

The 29-foot-tall Confederate monument at Holly Springs, dedicated Oct. 23, 1923, depicts a uniformed infantryman, at parade rest, standing atop a long square column. Behind his proper right leg is a tree stump. The wide base has three levels. On the front of the column is a bronze plaque. The monument honors Wake County veterans from the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I. Inscription, Front face:

REG. 1ST. CO. G, CAPT. LEWIS C. LATHAM

REG. 1ST., CO. I REG. 3RD., CO. G, CAPT. J.J. METTS

REG. 5TH., CO. D. /REG. 5TH., CO. I / REG. 6TH., -- COL. CHAS. FISHER, KILLED 1ST MANASSAS.

REG. 6TH., CO. A. / REG. 6TH., CO. B. / REG. 6TH., CO. C, CAPT. W.M. FREELAND.

REG. 6TH., CO. I, CAPT. M.W. PAGE.

REG. 6TH., CO. I, 2ND. LT. M.B. BARBEE.

REG. 7TH., -- COL. ED. G. HAYWOOD.

REG. 7TH., CO. G, CAPT. HIRAM WEATHERSPOON

REG. 7TH., CO. G, 2ND. LT. ALBERT N. ALFORD.

REG. 7TH., CO. G., W.W. LOWE

REG. 9TH., CAPT. A.B. ANDREWS, 1ST. CAVALRY

REG. 10TH., -- MAJ. W.L. YOUNG, 8TH. BATTALION.

REG. 14TH., CO. D. CAPT. W.H. HARRISON.

REG. 15TH., -- COL. HENRY A. DOWD.

REG. 15TH., -- ADJ. JOHN MANNING

REG. 15TH., CO. F CAPT. DANIEL MCDOUGHALD, WOUNDED & DIED, MALVERN HILL.

REG. 15TH., CO. F. CAPT. DANIEL E. GREEN.

REG. 15TH., CO. F. LT. DUNCAN SEXTON.

REG. 16TH., CO. G. / REG. 20TH., CO. H. / REG. 24TH., CO. F. / REG. 24TH., CO. I. / REG. 26TH., -- COL. Z.B. VANCE.

REG. 26TH., CO. D, LT. COL. J.T. ADAMS, COMMANDED AT APPOMATTOX

REG. 26TH., CO. D, CAPT. OSCAR R. RAND.

REG. 26TH., CO. D, J.J. YOUNG QUARTERMASTER.

REG. 26TH., CO. - CAPT. W.N. SNELLING.

REG. 26TH., CO. - 2ND. LT. C. MONROE JONES.

REG. 26TH., CO. - 2ND. LT. GASTON H. BROUGHTON.

REG. 27TH., CO. G. / REG. 28TH., CO. G. / REG. 30TH., - REV. A. BETTS, CHAPLAIN.

REG. 30TH., CO. D, CAPT. CHAS. N. ALLEN.

REG. 31ST., - LT. COL. DANIEL G. FOWLE

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. CAPT. ANDREW W. BETTS

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 2ND. CAPT. W.J. LONG.

REG. 31ST., CO. C., 1ST. LT. QUINTON UTLEY.

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. LT. THOMAS H. WRAY.

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 2ND. LT. J.C. WILLIAMS

REG. 31ST., CO. D, CAPT. RUFFIN L. BRYANT

REG. 31ST., CO. I, LT. WM. A. PRINCE REG. 32ND., CO. I. / REG. 33RD., CO. A, CAPT. ROBERT B. COWAN.

REG. 35TH., COL. MATT W. RANSOM.

REG. 35TH., CO. D, CAPT. LASSITER

REG. 40TH., CO. A. / REG. 41ST., - MAJ. R.S. TUCKER, 1ST. CAPT., 3RD CAVALRY

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 1ST. LT. JEFFERSON J. UTLEY

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. W.W. CLEMENTS

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. N.G. RIDDICK

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND LT. ALLEN RUFE ROGERS

REG. 41ST., CO. I, JESSE I. WINBORN, BUGLER

REG. 47TH., - COL. SION H. ROGERS.

REG. 47TH., - W.S. LACY, CHAPLAIN

REG. 47TH., CO. A / REG. 47TH., CO. C.

REG. 47TH., CO. C., 2ND. LT. NATT L. BROWN

REG. 47TH., CO. H. CAPT. SIDNEY W. MITCHELL

REG. 47TH., CO. H, 1ST. LT. TOM L. LASSITER

REG. 48TH., CO. G. / REG. 50TH., COL. MARSHAL D. GRAYTON.

REG. 50TH., CO. C, 1ST. LT. JOSEPH C. ELLINGTON.

REG. 50TH., CO. C, 2ND. LT. JESSE THOMPSON ELLINGTON

REG. 50TH., CO. H, LT. JOHN BRANTLEY.

REG. 51ST., CO. C. / REG. 53RD., CO. C. / REG. 53RD., CO. C, 1ST. LT. JOHN H. TOMLINSON

REG. 53RD., CO. C, 2ND LT. S.R. HORNE.

REG. 56TH., CO. D, CAPT. JOHN W. GRAHAM

REG. 57TH., CO. D, CAPT. JAMES E. MANN

REG. 61ST., CO. D, CAPT. NATHAN A. RAMSAY

REG. 63RD., CO. E, CAPT. THOMAS W HARRIS, 5TH. CAVALRY

REG. 63RD., CO. G, 2ND LT. THOMAS B. ROLLINS.

REG. 70TH., CO. B, CAPT. C.J. RICHARDSON

REG. 70TH., CO. B, 2ND. LT. W.H. CRABTREE

REG. 72ND., - COL. JOHN W. HINSDALE

REG. 72ND., CO. C, CAPT. LAMBERT A. BRISTON

REG. 72ND., CO. H, LT. D.S. BYRD.

“MILITIA / COL. L.D. STEPHENSON, WAKE MILITIA HOME GUARDS

CAPT. C.H. ALFORD, MIDDLE/CREEK MILITIA HOME GUARD

SENIOR RESERVES CALLED OUT

CAPT. P.J. WRAY, NEILS CREEK, HARNETT COUNTY MILITIA HOME GUARDS

CAPT. JAMES RAY, NEUSE MILITIA HOME GUARDS

Right face: THEIR SONS WHO WERE IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Back face: OSCAR R. RAND CAMP NO. 1278, U.C.V., AND MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

FIRST OFFICERS OF THE CAMP.

REG. 41ST., CO. I, COL. C. B. ALFORD, COMMANDER.

REG. 26TH., CO. D. 1ST. ADJ. DR. B.S. UTLEY

REG. 31ST., CO. C, 1ST. LT. J.C. BALLENTINE

REG. 63RD., CO. E, 2ND LT. W.H. BURT

REG., 26TH., CO. D, 3RD. LT. W.Q. MAYNARD

REG. 15TH., CO. F, 3RD. LT. GEORGE D. SPENCE

REG. 41ST., CO. I, QUARTERMASTER J.M. UTLEY

REG. 26TH., CO. D, VIDETTE S.A. AUSTIN

REG. 41ST., CO. I, SURGEON DR. R.T. SPENCE

REG. 70TH., CO. B, OFFICER OF THE DAY J.W. ROWLAND

REG. 6TH., CO. I, OFFICER OF THE DAY Q.L. HUDSON

REG. 31ST., CO. I

REG. 4TH., CO. F. VIDETTE R. CONDON

REG. 31ST., CO. G. 1ST. COLOR GUARD A.P. POWELL

REG. 41ST., CO. I, 2ND COLOR GUARD W.M. JONES

REG. 31ST., CO. D, 2ND. ADJUTANT J.P. GOODWIN

REG. -- CO. C, 3RD. ADJUTANT HENRY W. NORRIS, F BATTALION

REG. 61ST., CO. D. ASST. SERGT. A.C. DAVIS

CHARTER MEMBERS OF HOLLY SPRINGS CHAPTER, U.D.C.

OFFICERS OF THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

1ST. U.D.C. MRS. P.A. NORRIS, DAUGHTER OF CORPORAL GASTON UTLEY OF 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. C, KILLED AT GETTYSBURG.

U.D.C. MRS. R.H. TEMPLETON, SECTY. DAUGHTER OF COL. W.J. HOKE, 38TH. REGIMENT MRS. C.B. ALFORD, TREASURER OR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, DAUGHTER OF MARTIN H. BRANCH, 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. H.

MRS. MATTIE V. UTLEY, SECTY. MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, DAUGHTER OF C.B. ALFORD, 41ST., REGIMENT, CO. I, 3RD. CAVALRY, JOINED COMMAND AT DINWIDDY COURT HOUSE, VA. OCT. -- 1864, IN ACTION STONEY CREEK, BELLFIELD AND OTHER RAIDS.

SONS OF U.C.V.

J.C. ASHWORTH, W. WAR, W.D. BASE HOSPITAL, FRANCE, 317 INF., 322 DEPT. A.E.F., GRANDSON OF J.J. SMITH, 31ST. REGIMENT, CO. G.

J.G. ADAMS, W. WAR, 9TH BAT'L, 82ND DIVISION, GRANDSON D.C. ADAMS, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO. D.

BRYANT H. PATE, SON OF SERGT. T.J.D. PATE, 68TH. REGIMENT, CO. C.

A.V. BAUCOM, SON OF SERGT. L.D. BAUCOM, 70TH REGIMENT, CO. B

V.J. BATCHELOR, SON OF W.H. BATCHELOR, 47TH. REGIMENT, CO. H.

CAPT. H.W. COLLINS, W. WAR, CO. A, 602ND. ENGINEERS, GRANDSON OF MARTIN H. BRANCH, 47TH REGIMENT, CO. H, NEAREST OF KIN TO THOMAS COLLINS, D. IN SERVICE, 31ST. REGIMENT. CO. C

SANDERS COLLINS, D. IN SERVICE, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO. D

DALLAS COLLINS, D. IN PRISON ELMIRA, '65, 1ST. REGIMENT, CO. G.

T.B. HOLT, SON OF GASTON HOLT, REGULAR ARMY.

J.W. JONES, SON OF J.L. JONES, 26TH REGIMENT, CO. D. CORP. J.F. JONES, S.A.W. CO. G, WHO LOST A LEG AT FREDERICKSBURG

B. RAY OLIVE, GRANDSON OF JOE WILSON, 26TH. REG., CO. D.

J.A. MILLS, SON OF WILEY J. MILLS, 26TH. REG., CO. D.

J. ROY NORRIS, GRANDSON OF BENNETT UPCHURCH, REGULAR ARMY.

DR. S.P. NORRIS, SON OF P.A. NORRIS, 41ST. REG., CO. I

L.S. OLIVE, SON OF H.C. OLIVE, F BAT'L. CO. C,

NEAREST OF KIN TO SHEPHERD ROGERS, 3RD. CAVALRY, 41ST. REG., CO. I.

CHAS. B. PARK, SON OF BENJ. PAR, 32ND. REG., CO. K

CORP. CECIL A. ADAMS, CO. E, 322ND. INF., W. WAR, GRANDSON OF COL. J.T. ADAMS, 26TH REG., CO. D, NEAREST OF KIN TO DANIEL G. BECKWITH, D. IN SERVICE, 26TH. REGIMENT, CO.

F. CARR STUART, W. WAR, 1ST CLASS B., 6TH. TRENCH ARTILLERY, GRANDSON OF 2ND. LT. HAYWOOD F. GODWIN, 31ST. REG., CO. C

COL. ALBERT L. COX, COMMANDED 113TH FIELD ART., 30TH DIV., W.WAR, SON OF GEN. W.R. COX

NEAREST OF KIN TO REUBEN HUNTER, K. CONF'D WAR, 26TH REG., CO. D.

CORP. WM. HENRY HONEYCUTT, 81ST. DIV., 322ND. REG., CO. E, W. WAR, GRANDSON OF WESLEY HONEYCUTT, CO. B., REG. 10TH, 8TH BAT'L.

CAREY B. JONES, SON OF ALDREDGE M. JONES, LATHAMS BATTERY

HON. DAN HUGH MCLEAN, POGUES BATTERY. L.O.B. BRANCH CAMP NO. 515, U.C.V.

ALEX STRONACH, COMD'R CO. B, 13TH BAT'L.

W.F. MORING , COMD'R CO. I, 6TH REG. / MCDOUGHALD CAMP NO. 662.

ADJUTANT J.H. MCALISTER, 31ST. REG., CO. I.

Left face: THEIR SONS WHO WERE IN THE WORLD WAR.

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