Constructed using funds raised by public subscription, this monument was dedicated in July 1912, to the memory of citizens of Neshoba County who served in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The statue on the monument was damaged by a windstorm in 1990 and was restored by the citizens of Neshoba County in 2006.
Men from Neshoba County served in numerous units. According to Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, the units who served which were organized in Neshoba County were:
Bogue Chitto Rangers; Co. B, 5th Regt. Infantry
Capt. Houston's Company; Co. I, 1st Regt. Infantry (State Troops) (Reserves)
Capt. Knox's Cavalry Company (Stonewall Rangers)
Capt. Walsh's Company (Muckalusha Guards)
Capt. Williams' Company (Minute Men) (Attala Rangers)
Capt. Wilson's Independent Company Mtd. Men (Neshoba Rangers) (Local Defense)
Cumberland Guards; Co. A, 33rd Regt. Infantry (Hurst's)
Dixie Rangers; Co. G. 40th Regt. Infantry
Gully's Company; Co. F, 3rd Regt. Cavalry Reserves
Mississippi Tigers (AKA Neshoba Tigers); Co. F, 40th Regt. Infantry
Muckalusha Guards (AKA Neshoba Dixies); Co. F, 1st Regt. Infantry (Army of 10,000) (Patton's) (Also Co. E, 35th Regt. Infantry)
Neshoba Guards; Co. E, 5th Regt. Infantry (State Troops) (Robinson's)
Neshoba Rifles
(AKA Neshoba Riflemen); Co. D, 11th Regt. Infantry
Perrin's Company; Co. A, Perrin's Battalion State Cavalry (also Co. A. 11th Regt. Cavalry (Perrin's))
Runnel's Company; Co. G. 6th Regt. Cavalry
Scotland Guards; Co. K, 5th Regt. Infantry
Steam Mill Rangers; Co. E, 40th Regt. Infantry
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