Bartow County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Bartow County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Bartow County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Dec. 5, 1908.

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Sculpture: sandstone; Base: granite and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 25 x 5 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 10 x 10 ft.

(On front of base:) 1861-1865 (Raised lettering:) OUR SOLDIERS/CONFEDERATE/STATES OF/AMERICA. (On rear of base:) 1861-1865/CSA (On left side of base:) CSA (Raised lettering:) ERECTED BY/THE DAUGHTERS OF/THE CONFEDERACY./IN HONOR OF THE MEN,/OF BARTOW COUNTY,/WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY/OF THE CONFEDERATE/STATES OF AMERICA./THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND LIVED,/AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED./MAY THIS SHAFT EVER CALL TO/MEMORY, THE STORY OF THE GLORY/OF THE MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY. (On right side of base:) CSA (Raised lettering:) LET THE STRANGER WHO MAY IN/FUTURE TIME READ THIS INSCRIPTION,/AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE MEN,/WHOM POWER COULD NOT CORRUPT,/DEATH COULD NOT TERRIFY,/DEFEAT COULD NOT DISHONOR;/LET THESE VIRTUES PLEAD FOR/JUST JUDGEMENT IN THE CAUSE/-FOR WHICH THEY PERISHED.-/LET GEORGIA, REMEMBER THAT THE/STATE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVE/AND HOW TO DIE; AND THAT FROM HER/BROKEN FORTUNES, SHE HAS PRESERVED/FOR HER CHILDREN, THE PRICELESS/TREASURE OF HER MEMORIES, TEACHING/ALL WHO MAY CLAIM THE SAME/BIRTH-RIGHT, THAT TRUTH, VIRTUE AND/PATRIOTISM ENDURE FOREVER. unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands at rest. He holds a rifle with both hands in front of him. The butt rests near his proper right foot. He is wearing a canteen. The sculpture is mounted atop a graduated shaft with a stepped bottom. On the front of the base is a bas-relief depiction of crossed flags. On the rear, two crossed rifles are shown in relief.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Cartersville

Administered by Bartow County Commissioner's Office, Building Maintenance, 130 West Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Georgia 30120

Located Bartow County Courthouse, Cartersville, Georgia

Cost $2,000. Funds for the project were raised in a 6-year drive by Lilly Y. Bradley on behalf of the Bartow County United Daughters of the Confederacy. Sculpture honors the men from Bartow County who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. IAS files contain related excerpts from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 9; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 19-20; Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 47. Widener's text gives unveiling date of April 26, 1878, which refers to earlier obelisk memorial at that site.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.

Widener, Ralph W., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 47.

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