Confederate Memorial, Holly Springs
The 29-foot-tall Confederate monument at Holly Springs 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.
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. / RE.G 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. C. / 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.
October 25, 1923
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Marble sculpture, bronze plaque, granite base, and granite shaft
United Confederate Veterans (UCV) Lob Branch Camp 515, UCV McDoughald Camp 662, UCV Oscar R. Rand Camp 1278, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy
The monument was unveiled on Oct. 25, 1923, during an impressive ceremony attended by dignitaries from across the state. Gen. Albert L. Cox, of World War I fame, spoke at the dedication of this monument which also features panels honoring “Their Sons Who Were in the Spanish-American War” and the “World War.”
This monument was the idea of Colonel George B. Alford, a Confederate veteran, who served as a private in Company I, 41st Regiment of North Carolina State Troops (3rd Regiment, N.C. Cavalry) and was instrumental in the establishment of the Oscar R. Rand Camp of the United Confederate Veterans. Col. Alford led a fund-raising effort to erect the sculpture in the yard of his residential home, known as the Leslie-Alford-Mims Historical House.
The monument is located at Mims Road, 100 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, NC. It faces the Leslie-Alford-Mims Historical House with the Holly Springs United Methodist Church located behind the monument.
The monument stands on the paved area, property of the Leslie-Alford-Mims House. It is surrounded by a semi-circular enclosure of trees off to the side of the Holly Springs United Methodist Church parking lot.
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