ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES CAMP #11
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
MOBILE, ALABAMA

Confederate rest in magnolia cemetery mobile, AL

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Picture on a postcard sent March 18, 1906. At the center of Soldiers Rest is a monument that was unveiled April 27, 1874, by Admiral Raphael Semmes. Originally topped by a figure representing a Confederate soldier, the monument was struck by lightning in 1931 and the statue shattered. The bust of the statue was saved and placed on a monument to the Mobile Rifle Company at the southern edge of the Rest.
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Mobile Rifle Company monument with bust from Confederates Rest monument.
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Confederate Rest in 2000.
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Confederate Rest 2004.
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Confederate Rest January 2012.
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Confederate Rest 2013.
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H L Hunley Memorial on Lee-Jackson Salute Day January 20, 2013.
Maintaining Confederate Rest 2020


Heritage resource for confederate rest

All of the graves in Confederate Rest have been chronicled for those interested in heritage.  To go to the website, click HERE.