The Albany Confederate soldier statue has done some traveling

By Jon Gosa

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September 2, 2017

Inscription on Albany’s Confederate statue which reads, “They fought not for conquest, but for liberty and their own homes.”

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The monument to Confederate soldiers has relocated three times over its 116-year history.

The Intersection of Pine Avenue and Jackson Street looking northeast. The New Albany Hotel, located where the now Albany Heights Building, can be seen along with the Confederate statue which faces the Flint River. (Thronateeska Heritage Collection Photo)

A 1901 edition of the Albany Daily Herald describes Albany’s new Confederate Statue which was hand carved in Italy, but damaged in shipping. a new statue had to be ordered and was erected and unveiled in the intersection of Pine Avenue and Jackson Street on November 15 of that year. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Albany’s Confederate statue is shown in this Thronateeska Heritage Collection photo in front of the Chautauqua building where the Albany Municipal Auditorium now stands. (Thronateeska Heritage Collection Photo)

An up-close view of the Albany’s Confederate monument reveals turn-of-the-century craftsmanship. The statue was carved in Italy. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

A post card of downtown Albany depicting Pine Avenue from the early 1900’s shows the Confederate statue in the intersection. (Thronateeska Heritage Collection Photo)

A soldier’s grave at Riverside Cemetery is decorated with a Confederate flag. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Albany’s Confederate statue was originally unveiled and dedicated in the middle of the intersection of Pine Avenue and Jackson Street in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

A marker at Riverside Cemetery commerates Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Albany’s Confederate monument stands in the center of the Confederate Memorial Park on Philema Road. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Graves of Confederate soldiers are marked with flags honoring their service. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Thronateeska Executive Director Tommy Gregors examines a panaramic picture of early 1900’s Albany. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

The Albany Municipal Auditorium where Albany’s Confederate statue stood from 1955 until 1986. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

The intersection of Pine avenue and Jackson Street in downtown Albany looking northeast where the Confederate statue stood from 1901 until 1955. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

The Confederate flag flies above the Confederate Memorial Park on Philema Road. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

A historic photo, estimated to be in 1901 shows the statue in the intersection of Pine Avenue and Jackson Street with a former Confederate soldier, J.G. LaRoque who reportedly helped with its erection. (Special Photo: James King)

Albany’s Confederate Statue, unveiled in November of 1901, originally sat in the intersection of Jackson Street and Pine Avenue, but after an automobile struck the statue, it was moved to the lawn of the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Herald file photo)

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