Franklin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Franklin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Franklin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 10, 1910 or Sept. 1910.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 18 in. x 8 ft. x 8 ft.

(On left side of base, raised lettering:) "THIS, WE RAISE/A LOVING TRIBUTE,/TO THE PAST, PRESENT/AND FUTURE." (On right side of base, raised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF/THE/FRANKLIN COUNTY/VETERANS/FROM THE/MILLICAN CHAPTER/U.D.C./AUG. 10, 1910 (On rear of base, raised lettering:) 1861-1865/TO OUR/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS

A Civil War soldier stands with his proper right hand raised in front of him where he once held a rifle. His proper right leg is braced from behind by a stump. He is dressed in a uniform and a wide-brimmed hat. The sculpture is mounted atop a shaft with a tiered lower section set upon a stepped bottom. Crossed flags in low relief appear on the rear of the base. Cannonballs rest at the top of each corner of the bottom tier.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Carnesville

Administered by Franklin County Board of Commissioners, P. O. Box 159, Carnesville, Georgia 30521

Located Franklin County Courthouse, On front walkway, Carnesville, Georgia

Installed under the auspices of the Millican Chapter No. 597 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of Franklin Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War. SOS! surveyor and an excerpt from Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 61, report dedication date as Aug. 10, 1910; but Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 46, lists dedication date as Sept. 1910. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 8.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.

McKenney, Frank M., "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 62.

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