Oakdale Cemetery - Confederate Monument.

This monument marks the graves of over four hundred unknown Confederate Soldiers. The bronze soldier on a large pedestal was designed by William Randolph O'Donovan, sculptor, and executed by Maurice J. Power at his National Art Foundry in New York. The granite, which forms the pedestal, was furnished by Lineham from a North Carolina quarry. Given by the Ladies Memorial Association, the monument was unveiled May10,1872. The tenth of May was Confederate Memorial Day. (Also see #10 for more about Oakdale Cemetery).

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