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    		• Muldoon Monument Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Sparta
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hancock County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Hancock County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Our Confederate Dead, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 26, 1881. Base installed 1984.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: possibly marble; Base: granite and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 103 in. x 103 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of sculpture, raised lettering:) "IN MEMORIAM" / OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD (On rear of sculpture:) ERECTED BY THE/LADIES/MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION/OF HANCOCK COUNTY/1881 / "GEORGIA'S/WAS THE WORD./AND THEIRS/THE WILL TO DIE." (Around circular relief on rear of sculpture, raised lettering:) THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/22 FEBRUARY 1862/DEO VINDICI unsigned
    Description: 
    The monument consists of a draped obelisk adorned on the front with a relief of a Confederate soldier holding a musket by his proper right side. Above the soldier is a relief of a pair of crossed swords adorned with oak leaves and berries. The Confederate seal, a circular relief of a Confederate soldier riding a horse, appears on the rear of the obelisk. A band around the circular relief is adorned with corn and wheat. The base is comprised of a section of brick blocks on top of three granite steps.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Foliage -- Oak
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Sparta
    Relief
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Sparta, P. O. Box H, Sparta, Georgia 31087
    Located Confederate Park, Highway 22, in front of Hancock County Courthouse, Sparta, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture honors Hancock County soldiers who died during the Civil War. It was first installed without a base, but the Ladies Memorial Association raised funds for a brick and granite base which was installed by Memorial Day 1884. The final cost for the monument was $995.
    IAS files contain excerpts from Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D. C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 75; Elizabeth Wiley Smith's "The History of Hancock County, Georgia," Washington, GA: Wilkes Publishing Company, 1974, pg. 72-73; and Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 70-72.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Widener, Ralph W., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D. C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 75.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS GA000456
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