a brass sword guard from a Confederate campsite at Centerville, Virginia.a 58 caliber minie bullet from the Confederate Pattern at Hamilton’s Crossing in Fredericksburg, Virginia.a 58 caliber round lead ball from the Union Line at Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania.a 58 caliber minie bullet from the Rebel Line at the 2nd Battle of Manassas.They include:Ī bayonet scabbard from the Yankee Line at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia The relics in the base were provided by James William Clifford, a member of the Civil War Commission and 40-year collector of Civil War memorabilia. The monument was unveiled in a dedication ceremony that took place on January 19, 1966. The bust was hoisted into place by the Crone Monument Company of Memphis, Tennessee. The work was commissioned at a cost of $6,000 by the Laetitia Ashmore Nutt Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, chapter 1447. At the top of the pedestal, 4 five-pointed stars have been carved into each face of the capstone. Inside the base are a dozen Civil War relics collected from Harper’s Ferry, Manassas, Gettysburg and several battlefields in Virginia. The bust of Lee was sculpted and cast in bronze by Aldo Pero in Italy and rests on a shaft of gray Georgia granite. Clayton is the nickname of the tribute to the 2nd Regiment of the United States Colored Troops, specifically, and all the black soldiers who served in the Union Army and Union Navy during the Civil War. Wilkins’ Florida Panthers and a block and a half south of the entrance into Centennial Park, where Wilkins’ The Great Turtle Chase, Uncommon Friends and Clayton are all located. Lee is located in the median on Monroe Street across from the Art League of Fort Myers and the City of Palms Parking Garage.
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