The University Of Mississippi Confederate Monument Relocation Project University, Mississippi 8/19/2019 E 10 M 20 IS S 10 30 20 40 30 50 40 40 50 40 20 10 20 30 10 S1 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI OL 30 R EB EL S During the week of March 4, 2019, the Associated Student Body, Graduate Student Council, Faculty Senate, and Staff Council made recommendations about the Confederate monument and its location on the campus. The recommendations made by these university entities, and sent to university leaders by other internal and external groups, indicated that the most suitable campus location for this monument is not its current site on University Circle but instead at the cemetery on campus located just west of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, situated in a small grove of trees on the crest of the adjacent hill. Ground-penetrating radar at the one-acre site discovered an estimated 432 individual graves, even though over 700 soldiers were reportedly buried at the cemetery. The statue's new location is to be left center of the cemetery's north entry. It will rest on a hidden, reinforced concrete spread footing and will be accessed by a new, brick stamped and stained concrete path that leads to the cemetery entryway. THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI The Confederate monument stands approximately 23 feet tall and consists of 12 separate, solid marble pieces that are stacked on top of each other and pinned together with blind dowels. The soldier is approximately 6 feet tall, is in full infantry uniform, and rests on a short base, connected to the primary monument structure. The overall monument and statue stands approximately 29 feet tall and weighs nearly 40,000 pounds. It is supported by a solid brick pedestal that is 4’-9” square and 2’-5” tall, which bears on a solid footing that approaches 8’-0" square. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT The existing monument portraying the figure of an unnamed Confederate infantryman was unveiled on May 10, 1906 and was commissioned by the Albert Sidney Johnson Chapter, No. 379, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The monument, with the exception of the soldier, is solid Georgia Marble and was manufactured by Columbus Marble Works of Columbus, Mississippi whose owner, Mr. John Stinson, was responsible for the design. The material came from the famous Tate marble quarries in Pickens County, Georgia, which has supplied marble to many iconic American structures including the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln located inside of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The soldier was cut by Italian artists using material from the world famous Carrara, Italy marble pit. S2 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S3 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S4 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S5 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S6 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S7 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S8 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 30 50 30 10 R EB E L S 20 10 20 40 40 20 10 OL E M IS S S9 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S10 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · · · S11 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · S12 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S13 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI S14 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ACCESSIBLE VAN S15 UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI CONFEDERATE MONUMENT RELOCATION PROJECT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI