Shoup Memorial; a memorial dedicated to Francis A. Shoup

Item

Legacies Classification
Memorial Artwork
Memorial Type
Sculptural Memorial
Memorial Context
Memorialized Subject
Title
Shoup Memorial; a memorial dedicated to Francis A. Shoup
Background and Context
This memorial to Francis Asbury Shoup was placed by the Kirby-Smith Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The date of its placement is unknown, although it appears to have been erected in the early 1930s. According to an April 24, 1941, account in the student newspaper, the Sewanee Purple, a Civil War-era cannon dedicated to Shoup stood next to a "weather beaten old rock" on the site in the early 1930s. The Purple reports that the cannon was buried near the rock.



Physical Description
A large sandstone rock marker, engraved on front with name "SHOUP" and bearing a brass plaque on rear commemorating Shoup's career.
Memorial Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCIS ASBURY SHOUP, BRIGADIER GENERAL C.S.A.
CHIEF OF ARTILLERY TO GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
THIS TABLET PLACED BY KIRBY-SMITH CHAPTER, U.D.C.
Creator/Participating Person(s)
Location: Institution, City, State

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