The Clarksville Confederate Monument is located in the south-central section of Oakland Cemetery in

Clarksville, Arkansas Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 9,178, up from 7,719 in 2000. As of 2018, the estimated population was 9,743. The city is the county seat of Johnson County. It is nestled ...

. It is a white marble obelisk, in height, which is square at its base. It is mounted on a limestone pedestal square and in height. The lower portion of the obelisk is carved with an inscription commemorating the Confederate war dead, and its spire is adorned with a floral pattern. It was placed about 1902 by the local chapter of 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, a ...

. The inscription reads:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD 1861-1865

The monument was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Johnson County, Arkansas Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Arkansas Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Obelisks in the United States Tourist attractions in Johnson County, Arkansas 1902 establishments in Arkansas {{JohnsonCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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