Tablet monument

Tablet monument

View of Tablet monument on University of Alabama campus This is a photograph of a plaque to commemorate The University of Alabama's Confederate soldiers. 1861-1865 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GAVE TO THE CONFEDERACY-7 GENERAL OFFICERS, 25 COLONELS, 14 LIEUTENANT-COLONELS, 21 MAJORS, 125 CAPTAIN...

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Main Author: Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927 (Photographer)
Format: Electronic
Published: University of Alabama Libraries
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Photographs
Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/46047
format Electronic
collection Eugene Allen Smith Collection
building University of Alabama Libraries
publisher University of Alabama Libraries
topic Photographs
spellingShingle Photographs
Tablet monument
Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927 (Photographer)
fulltopic Photographs
University of Alabama
description View of Tablet monument on University of Alabama campus This is a photograph of a plaque to commemorate The University of Alabama's Confederate soldiers. 1861-1865 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GAVE TO THE CONFEDERACY-7 GENERAL OFFICERS, 25 COLONELS, 14 LIEUTENANT-COLONELS, 21 MAJORS, 125 CAPTAINS, 273 STAFF AND OTHER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, 66 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND 294 PRIVATE SOLDIERS. RECOGNIZING OBEDIENCE TO STATE, THEY LOYALLY AND UNCOMPLAININGLY MET THE CALL OF DUTY, IN NUMBERLESS INSTANCES SEALING THEIR DEVOTION BY THEIR LIFE BLOOD. AND ON APRIL 3, 1865, THE CADET CORPS, COMPOSED WHOLLY OF BOYS, WENT BRAVELY FORTH TO REPEL A VETERAN FEDERAL INVADING FOE, OF MANY TIMES THEIR NUMBER, IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE THEIR ALMA MATER, ITS BUILDINGS, LIBRARY, AND LABORATORIES FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, WHICH IT MET AT THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY ON THE DAY FOLLOWING. TO COMMEMORATE THIS HEROIC RECORD THIS MEMORIAL STONE IS ERECTED BY THE ALABAMA DIVISION, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA MAY 13, 1914 For contact and permanent location information regarding this retired plaque, contact: Planroom, Campus Support Services, Building 1003, planroom@fa.ua.edu. The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
spelling Tablet monumentSmith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927 (Photographer)StillImage; photographsca. 1900zxxelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 negative : glass, dry ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.View of Tablet monument on University of Alabama campus This is a photograph of a plaque to commemorate The University of Alabama's Confederate soldiers. 1861-1865 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GAVE TO THE CONFEDERACY-7 GENERAL OFFICERS, 25 COLONELS, 14 LIEUTENANT-COLONELS, 21 MAJORS, 125 CAPTAINS, 273 STAFF AND OTHER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, 66 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND 294 PRIVATE SOLDIERS. RECOGNIZING OBEDIENCE TO STATE, THEY LOYALLY AND UNCOMPLAININGLY MET THE CALL OF DUTY, IN NUMBERLESS INSTANCES SEALING THEIR DEVOTION BY THEIR LIFE BLOOD. AND ON APRIL 3, 1865, THE CADET CORPS, COMPOSED WHOLLY OF BOYS, WENT BRAVELY FORTH TO REPEL A VETERAN FEDERAL INVADING FOE, OF MANY TIMES THEIR NUMBER, IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE THEIR ALMA MATER, ITS BUILDINGS, LIBRARY, AND LABORATORIES FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, WHICH IT MET AT THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY ON THE DAY FOLLOWING. TO COMMEMORATE THIS HEROIC RECORD THIS MEMORIAL STONE IS ERECTED BY THE ALABAMA DIVISION, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA MAY 13, 1914 For contact and permanent location information regarding this retired plaque, contact: Planroom, Campus Support Services, Building 1003, planroom@fa.ua.edu. The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.University of AlabamaThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsEugene Allen Smith Collectionu0001_2007005_0000301http://purl.lib.ua.edu/460472007.005.000338Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17336coll1/id/619
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