Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Unknown (Italian), sculptor.

France, E. H., designer.

National Marble Company, fabricator.

Artope & Whitt, contractor.

Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Women of the South Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated June 3, 1911. Relocated 1935.

Obelisk: Georgia marble; Sculptures: Carrara marble; Base: Georgia marble; Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 160 x 72.5 x 72 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 120 x 121 in.

(On front, just below obelisk:) 1861-1865 (On front and back, above base:) "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/OF THE WOMEN OF THE/SOUTH/BY THEIR HUSBANDS, FATHERS/SONS AND DAUGHTERS." unsigned

A tall obelisk of Georgia marble resting on a two-tiered base. The upper tier is flanked on the right and left by a Carrara marble figure group. On the front of the upper tier is a bas-relief of a log cabin with a shed roof in a setting of trees. A woman wearing a bonnet walks in front of the cabin. Above the relief is a seal consisting of a wreath, a flag and an intertwined "CSA." On the rear of the upper tier is a bas-relief of a log cabin in flames surrounded by broken trees. A man and woman, each holding guns, are hiding. There is a partial view of a cannon.

On each side of the lower tier are a pair of square, fluted columns which support a shelf on which a figure group rests. On the left shelf is a seated mother with a girl child standing on her proper right knee. The mother has her left hand resting on a spinning wheel. Above the figure group is an intertwined "CSA." On the right shelf, a woman wearing a cape over her head and shoulders kneels next to a soldier sitting on the ground with his proper right knee raised. With her proper right hand she gives him a drink of water as she supports his head with her proper left hand. The soldier's proper left hand rests on his rifle that is laying flat on the ground. Above the figure group is a an intertwined "CSA."

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Domestic -- Sewing

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Spinning Wheel

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Architecture -- Domestic -- Cottage

Disaster -- Fire

Allegory -- Quality -- Harmony

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Macon

Administered by City of Macon, Parks & Recreation Department, Central City Park, Lower Walnut Street, Building 7, Macon, Georgia 31201

Located Poplar Street Park, Intersection of Poplar & First Streets, Macon, Georgia

Formerly located Macon City Hall, In front, Macon, Georgia before 1935.

The sculpture was installed by the R.A. Smith Camp of the United Confederate Veterans and the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of the women of the Confederacy. The memorial was designed by E. F. France and carved in Italy. The base was fabricated by the National Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia. A dedication ceremony was held on June 3, 1911, Jefferson Davis' birthday. Originally erected in front of Macon City Hall, the memorial was relocated in 1935, about 100 yards away (in Poplar Street Park) in order to improve traffic flow in the area and to give a more open view of City Hall.

IAS files contain related articles from the Macon Daily Telegraph, May 9, 1911; and the Macon Telegraph and News, April 28, 1935. IAS files contain related excerpts from Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 133-135; Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the 1984, pg. 29; and Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 66.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5023, 1989.

Monumental News, Oct. 1905, pg. 694.

McKenney, Frank M., "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 134.

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