Madison Parish Confederate Monument, Talullah, Louisiana

This Confederate Monument, on the Madison Parish Courthouse lawn, Tallulah, Louisiana, stands as a memorial to the brave men who fought to defend their homeland against northern invaders during what they called the War for Southern Independence.

Tallulah saw action during the Vicksburg Campaign. Two of my many kinfolk who were Confederate soldiers (uncles from Alabama) fought in that campaign. One was killed and the other was captured. My uncles, like the overwhelming majority of Confederate soldiers, were poor dirt farmers who owned neither slave nor plantaion. they fought for the principles of the Declaration of Independenc and the Constitiution and to defend themselves against an out-of-control federal government.

The inscription on this monument reads very simply:

In Memory Of Our

Confederate Soldiers

Of Madison Parish La

Who Enlisted and

Served During The

War Between The States

1861-1865