Sgt. Thomas Taylor, Co. F, 8th Louisiana Infantry

The son of a prominent Louisiana politician, Thomas Taylor enlisted as a private in Company F, 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment which served in the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the war. He fought with his company in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1862, the Second Battle of Manassas and he was severely wounded on 17 September 1862 at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland. He survived the wound and the war.

National Flag of the Confederate States of America

This flag was adopted by the Confederate Congress in March of 1865 and is the official national flag of the Confederacy.

Table of Contents PAGE 1 -- The South's Defenders Monument, Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Talbot Boys Confederate Monument, Talbot County, Easton Maryland. The Confederate Soldier's Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksburg, Tennessee. President Jefferson Davis Monument, Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi. Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens Statue, Statuary Hall, Capitol, Washington, D.C. PAGE 2 -- Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee Statue, Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi. Admiral Raphael Semmes Monument, Mobile, Alabama. Army of Tennessee Tomb, Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, Louisiana. Confederate Monument, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Confederate Monument, State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. PAGE 3 -- Major Richard William Dowling Monument, Herman Park, Houston, Texas Lt. Richard W. "Dick" Dowling Monument, Sabine Pass, Texas. Father Abram Joseph Ryan, Father Ryan Park, Mobile, Alabama. Confederate Soldiers Monument, Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. Robert E. Lee statue, Johnson Bayou, Louisiana Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton, Lafayette, Louisiana PAGE 4 Confederate Monument, Grenada, Miss. Confederate Monument, Monroe, Louisiana Confederate Monument, Bay City, Texas Texas Monument, Vicksburg, NMP, Miss. Confederate Monument, Corsicana, Texas PAGE 5 Confederate Soldier Statue, Anderson, Texas Confederate Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana. General Joseph Wheeler, Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Confederate Monument, Weiss Park, Beaumont, Texas. PAGE 6 Confederate Monument, Bonham, Texas. Confederate Monument, Marshall, Texas. Robert E. Lee statue, Lee High School, Montgomery, Alabama. Confederate Monument, Franklin, Louisiana.

The Proposed South's Defenders Monument

This postcard was produced in 1915 by United Daughters of the Confederacy R.E. Lee Chapter 305 in Lake Charles, Louisiana for the proposed monument, which, according to the back side, was designed and built by the Columbus Marble Works in Columbus, Mississippi. The company is still in business. (Courtesy of McNeese State University Archives, UDC R.E. Lee Chapter 305 collection)

The South's Defenders

The South's Defenders is the Confederate Monument on the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse lawn in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The statue was made by the W.H. Mullins Co., Salem, Ohio, John Segesman, chief sculptor. It was dedicated on 3 June 1915 by Robert E. Lee Chapter 305, United Daugthers of the Confederacy. It was restored after storm damage in January 1995 and rededicated on 3 June 1995 by the UDC and Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

"The Talbot Boys"

This monument on the Talbot County, Easton, Maryland courthouse lawn is dedicated to "The Talbot Boys." The sheet copper statue of a young Confederate colorbearer is the twin of The South's Defenders Monment in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It was dedicated in May 1916 by the Charles Winder Camp, United Confederate Veterans. Talbot County was split in loyalties and in the Battle of Gettysburg the First Maryland Infantry (Confederate) fought the First Eastern Shore Regiment (Union) on Culp's Hill. Color sergeants for both regiments were cousins from Trappe. Robert W. Ross fought for the Union and cousin P.M. Moore for the Confederacy. Moore was fatally wounded. This Confederate Monument was restored in 1994, a year earlier than its twin in Lake Charles. (Photograph by Nancy Kurtz)

Confederate Soldier's Monument

This magnificent Confederate Soldier's Monument is located in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksburg, Tennessee. It depicts a Confederate artilleryman and pay's tribute to bravery and determination of the Confederate fighting man. The photograph is by David Fraley and is courtesy of the Tennessee Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Be sure and visit the oustanding Web site of the Tennessee Division at: http//www.tennessee-scv.org

President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis won lasting fame as President of the Confederate States of America. He was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy and a veteran of the Mexican War where he earned the rank of Colonel. Davis then served terms as a United States Senator and was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.

When Mississippi seceded from the Union, Davis returned to his plantation a few miles south of Vicksburg. While at his plantation he received news that he was elected President of the Confederacy. After the war, he returned to Mississippi and lived the rest of his life at Beauvoir on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
(Vicksburg National Military Park)

Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia on 11 February 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He served in the state legislature from 1836 to 1842 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1858.

Although he opposed secession and differing with Jefferson Davis over states rights and nullification, Stephens served as the Confederacy's vice president. After the war he was imprisoned for five months then returned to Georgia and served in the House of Representatives from 1873 to 1882. Elected governor of Georgia in 1882, he served for four months until his death on 4 March 1883.
(Marble by Gutzon Borglum. Given in 1927; located in Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C.)