Macon County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Macon County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Macon County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Installed Jan. 19, 1911. Relocated 1965.

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 16 x 6 x 8 ft.

(On front of base:) (Incised lettering:) 1861-'65 (Raised lettering:) NO NATION ROSE SO FAIR/AND WHITE/OR FELL SO PURE OF CRIME/ERECTED BY THE/PHIL COOK/CHAPTER/U.D.C./JAN. 19, 1911/IN HONOR OF THE/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS/OF/MACON COUNTY/GEORGIA (On rear of base:) 1861-'65/Gloriavictis/MACON COUNTY/HOLDS IN PROUD AND/GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/HER BRAVE AND/LOYAL SONS WHO/PREFERRED DEATH TO/BETRAYAL OF HER/PRINCIPLES unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands at parade rest holding his rifle in front of him with both hands, the butt of which rests near his proper right foot. He wears wide-brimmed hat, mustache and beard. The sculpture is mounted atop a tall shaft with elaborate ornamentation including swags and dentils. On the front of the shaft is an unfurled Confederate flag in relief. At the base of the shaft, rounded granite blocks extend from each corner. On the right and left sides of the base are lions' heads that may have once been used as fountains. Each head is directly over a half-round pool that extends from each side.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Montezuma

Administered by City of Montezuma, South Dooly Street, Montezuma, Georgia 31063

Located Fanny Carmichael Park, North Dooly, Drayton & West Artesian Streets, Montezuma, Georgia

The sculpture was installed by the Phil Cook Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of the Confederate soldiers of Macon County, Georgia. It was installed and dedicated on the anniversary of Robert E. Lee's birthday, January 19, 1911. It was originally located in the center of Dooley Street, downtown, and used as a lamppost. In 1965, it was moved to its current site.

IAS files contain related excerpts from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 33; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 83-84; 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. 68.

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. 68.

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