Confederate Monument, Cochran, Bleckley County, GA, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, Cochran, Bleckley County, GA, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Confederate Monument, Cochran, Bleckley County, GA, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 26, 1910. Relocated 1922 or 1935.

Sculpture: Georgia marble; Base: marble.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 24 ft. x 66 in. x 66 in.

(On front of base:) 1861-1865 (On right side of base:) IN MEMORY OF/OUR/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS (On left side of base, raised lettering:) ERECTED BY THE/COCHRAN CHAPTER/NO. 764 U.D.C./TO THE/CONFEDERATE VETERANS/OF PULASKI COUNTY, 1910./"WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET/IS SOUNDED, MAY EACH ONE/ANSWER THE ROLL CALL OF/THE HEAVENLY ARMY." unsigned

A mustached and bearded Civil War soldier stands at parade rest holding his rifle in front of him with both hands, the butt of which rests on the ground at his feet. He wears a broad-brimmed hat and a bed roll across his chest. The sculpture is mounted atop a tall shaft set upon a graduated bottom. A cannon barrel projects from the bottom front of the base directly over two crossed swords in bas-relief. At one time, a cannon barrel also projected from the bottom rear of the base directly over crossed rifles in low relief. Only a hole remains over the design. The cannon barrels once provided water for a horse trough.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Cochran

Administered by City of Cochran, P. O. Box 8, Cochran, Georgia 31014

Located Dykes Street at Second Street, Cochran, Georgia

Formerly located Intersection of Beech & Second Streets, Cochran, Georgia

The memorial cost $2,250. It was erected in 1910 under the auspices of the Cochran Chapter No. 764, United Daughters of the Confederacy, in memory of Bleckley County Confederate soldiers who fought during the Civil War. The sculpture was originally placed at the intersection of Beech and Second Streets in 1910; but was relocated to its present site (formerly the Cochran Elementary School grounds) when road work was done, either in 1922 or 1935. At one time, projecting cannon barrels on the base (one now missing) provided water for a horse trough.

IAS files contain excerpt from "Heritage Trail: Cochran & Bleckley County, Georgia," Bicentennial Edition 1976, pg. 13, by Heart of Georgia Planning & Development Commission and Cochran-Bleckley Bicentennial Committee, which reports relocation date as ca. 1922, when Second Street was paved. IAS files also contain excerpt from Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 24, which lists relocation date as 1935, when Cochran Short Route was paved.

IAS files contain excerpt from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 10; Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 50; and "Country Roads and City Streets: On the Trails of History--People, Places, Things," Eastman, G.A.: National Endowment for the Humanities and Ocmulgee Regional Library System, 1984, pg. 34.

IAS files contain Hawkinsville Chapter, D.A.R., "History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, Georgia, 1808-1956, Vol. 1," Macon, G.A.: J.W. Burke Company, 1957, pg. 380; and "History of Bleckley County from the Perspective of Its Residents, " June 8, 1981, pg. 2. IAS files also contain related article from The Cochran Journal, April 28, 1910, pg. 1.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.

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