Confederate Monument (Oxford, Mississippi)
| Confederate Monument | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
The monument in 2008 | |
| Used for those deceased | |
| Established | 1906 |
| Location | 34°21′39″N 89°32′20″W / 34.36086°N 89.53894°W |
| Designed by | John Stinson |
The Confederate Monument was installed on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi in 1906 memorializing Company A of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, the University Greys, occasionally referred to as University Grays. At the outset of the American Civil War, most of the student body enlisted and fought in several battles, and the Greys were all but wiped out at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The monument was designed by John Stinson and installed in 1906 at the campus administrative entrance. Due to its controversial nature a reinterpretation plaque was added beneath the monument in 2016, but revised a few months later in response to protests. Subsequent protests concerning the monument's prominent location led to it being relocated in 2020 to a secluded Civil War cemetery on the university's campus.