Jackson County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Jackson County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Jackson County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1911. Dedicated April 26, 1911. Cross added 1940.

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Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 75 x 48 x 48 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 115 x 115 in.

(Front and back of cross:) SOUTHERN/CROSS/OF/HONOR (Inside and back of circle of laurel wreath:) DEO/VENDICI/1861/1865 (Front of monument:) 1861-1865 (Front, raised lettering:) COMRADES/"TO OUR/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS" (Back of monument:) 1861-1865 (Back, raised lettering:) LEST WE FORGET/ERECTED BY/U.D.C. CHAPTER 217,/JEFFERSON, GA. 1911. (Left and right sides of monument:) CSA unsigned

A tall square monument topped with a Jerusalem cross and a laurel wreath, similar to the Cross of Honor of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The front of the monument is adorned with a relief of a Confederate battle flag and the back is adorned with a relief of two crossed rifles. The monument rests on two steps.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Jefferson

Administered by City of Jefferson, 147 Athens Street, City Hall, Jefferson, Georgia 30549

Located Highway 15, central business district of Jefferson, Jefferson, Georgia 30549

The monument was erected by Chapter 1217 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Originally it was topped with a figure of a Civil War soldier made by McNeel Marble Works. In 1940, during preparations for a ceremony to honor Crawford Long, lighting wires were placed around the soldier, and a truck got hung up on the wires and the statue was overturned and smashed. The soldier was taken home by the then-President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lizzie Bennet. Currently, it is broken in several pieces and located on the property of Dr. Russell and Joy Cook of Jefferson. The cross was added in 1940 to replace the soldier. For related information see: Jackson Herald, April 6, 1911; April 27, 1911, and March 28, 1940; and The Macon Telegraph, April 23, 1911.

IAS files contain the following excerpts: Ralph W. Widener Jr.'s "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbol of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 62; Isabell Buzzett Smith's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 25; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: WH Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 77.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.

Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 62.

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