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Muldoon Monument Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Emblem -- Seal
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Foliage
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Sparta
Relief
Obelisk
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:
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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