Little Rock Confederate Memorial

The Little Rock Confederate Memorial is a stone memorial marker in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Set in an overflow area of the cemetery on 21st and Barber Streets, it is a granite obelisk, mounted in a concrete base, measuring 18 feet (5.5 m) in height and a square base 67 inches (1.7 m) per side. Midway up the west side of the obelisk "U.D.C." is inscribed, with "1913" at the base of that side. Inscriptions on the sides of the base commemorate fallen Confederate Army soldiers. It was placed in 1913, paid for by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The ceremony marked the first time that the federal government formally took charge of a former Confederate military cemetery.[2]

Little Rock Confederate Memorial
Little Rock Confederate Memorial is located in Arkansas
Little Rock Confederate Memorial
Location in Arkansas
Little Rock Confederate Memorial is located in the United States
Little Rock Confederate Memorial
Location in United States
LocationLittle Rock National Cemetery, jct. of 21st and Barber Sts., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°43′26″N 92°15′22″W / 34.7240148°N 092.2559899°W / 34.7240148; -092.2559899
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Part ofLittle Rock National Cemetery (ID96001496)
MPSCivil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.96000499[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1996
Designated CPDecember 20, 1996

The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Little Rock Confederate Memorial". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 16, 2015.