The Camden Confederate Monument, also known as the Confederate Women's Memorial, is located on the grounds of the

Ouachita County Courthouse The Ouachita County Courthouse is located at 145 Jefferson Avenue in Camden, Arkansas, the seat of Ouachita County. The two-story brick and concrete structure was designed by Little Rock architect Thomas Harding, and completed in 1933. The arch ...

in Camden, Arkansas. The sculpture, carved out of Italian marble, depicts a woman dressed in the period of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...

, standing with her feet together, clutching a flagpole. The sculpture is mounted on a block of

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granite, next to a tall () obelisk. The statue is tall. The obelisk is inscribed on three sides, recognizing the valor of women in the Confederate cause, and the organizations that funded the memorial's construction. The memorial was erected in 1914 by the local chapters of the

United Confederate Veterans The United Confederate Veterans (UCV, or simply Confederate Veterans) was an American Civil War veterans' organization headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was organized on June 10, 1889, by ex-soldiers and sailors of the Confederate St ...

and the

United Daughters of the Confederacy The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, ...

. The monument was listed on the

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in 1996.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1915 Buildings and structures in Camden, Arkansas United Daughters of the Confederacy monuments and memorials in Arkansas Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Obelisks in the United States 1915 establishments in Arkansas United Confederate Veterans {{OuachitaCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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