Wilcox County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Wilcox County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Wilcox County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 26, 1909.

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Sculpture: white Georgia marble; Base: white Georgia marble.

Sculpture: approx. 22 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 8 in. x 8 ft. x 8 ft.

(On front of base, in raised lettering:) 1861/1865/CONFEDERATE/DEAD/CONFEDERATE (On left side of base:) "THIS CARVEN STONE IS/HERE TO TELL/TO ALL THE WORLD THE/LOVE WE BEAR/TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND/BLED AND FELL,/WHOSE BATTLE CRY WAS/DO AND DARE./WHO FEARED NO FOE, BUT/FACED THE FRAY--/OUR GALLANT MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY." (On rear of base, raised lettering:) ERECTED BY THE/ABBEVILLE CHAPTER,/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF/THE CONFEDERACY,/APRIL 26, 1909./IN MEMORY OF OUR/HEROES IN GRAY. (On right side of base, in raised lettering:) "IT IS A DUTY WE OWE/TO POSTERITY TO SEE/THAT OUR CHILDREN SHALL/KNOW THE VIRTUES AND/BECOME WORTHY OF THEIR/SIRES." unsigned

Atop a tall square shaft a Civil War soldier stands at parade rest, holding his rifle in front of him, butt to the ground. His proper right leg rests against a stump behind him, and his proper left foot is slightly forward. He wears a Confederate uniform and hat. A sack is slung across his proper right shoulder. The shaft rests a three-tiered base. At one time, four cannonballs were installed atop each corner of one of the tiers five feet above the ground, but they are now missing.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Abbeville

Administered by City of Abbeville, South Depot Street, City Hall, Abbeville, Georgia 31001

Located Corner of Broad & Main Streets, lawn of county library Abbeville, Georgia

The sculpture cost $1,250. The sculpture project was spearheaded by the Abbeville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The sculpture was dedicated on Memorial Day, April 26, 1909. One of the cannonballs once located on the base is in the county library in Abbeville. 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. 1; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 128; 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. 41; and a transcription of an article from The Abbeville Chronicle, April, 29, 1909.

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. 41.

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