Tift County Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Tift County Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Tift County Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 26, 1910. Relocated early 1940s. Relocated mid-1940s. Relocated Aug. 15, 1975. Relocated March 31, 1992. Rededicated April 24, 1992.

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Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: Georgia marble and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 30 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. 10 in.

(On front top of base:) CSA/LEST WE/FORGET/CONFEDERATE (On left side of base:) DEDICATED TO OUR/LIVING AND DEAD/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/1861-1865 (On right side of base:) ERECTED BY THE CHARLOTTE CARSON/CHAPTER OF THE/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY (On back of base:) UNVEILED/APRIL 26TH 1910/TIFTON GA unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands with proper left foot forward and proper right leg against a tree stump behind him. He holds a rifle in front of him with the rifle butt on the ground. The sculpture is mounted atop a tall shaft of grey-veined marble set on a two-tiered square base on three steps.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Tifton

Administered by City of Tifton, Park Superintendant, 1st Street, City Hall, Tifton, Georgia 31794

Located Fulwood Park, Corner of 12th Street & Tift Avenue, Tifton, Georgia

Formerly located Center of Tifton Avenue & 12th Street, Tifton, Georgia mid-1940s-Aug. 15, 1975.

Formerly located Courthouse lawn, Tifton, Georgia early 1940s-mid-1940s.

Formerly located Intersection of Love Avenue & 4th Street, Tifton, Georgia 1910-early 1940s.

The sculpture cost $2,000 and was erected by the Charlotte Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of Confederate soldiers. A dedication ceremony was held on Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1910. The sculpture was originally installed at the corner of Love Avenue & 4th Street. In the early 1940s it was moved to the courthouse lawn. A short time later, around the mid-1940s, the sculpture was relocated to the center of Tift Avenue and 12th Street. On August 15, 1975, the sculpture was moved to the edge of Fulwood Park. It was placed 50 feet further into the park on March 31, 1992. The sculpture was rededicated at a service sponsored by the Charlotte Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on April 24, 1992.

IAS files contain excerpts from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 47; Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982; and Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 113-114; newspaper articles from the Tifton Gazette, April 24, 1964 and May 2, 1985, pg. 5-A; and materials from United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter No. 1140, Tifton, G.A.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

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