(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).

Installed 1885.

Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. (32,000 lbs.).

(Front of base:) Our Confederate dead, whom power could not corrupt, whom death could not terrify, whom defeat could not dishonor. (Back of base:) It is not in mortals to command success. But they did more - deserved it. (Right of base:) 1861-1865 (Left side of base:) Erected in 1885 unsigned

A uniformed Confederate soldier stands on picket duty, holding his musket by the barrel on his proper right side, the butt of which rests by his proper right foot. The soldier wears a hat and a short cloak over a knee-length jacket. The statue is mounted upon a multitiered base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Newnan

Administered by Coweta County Commissioners, Coweta County Courthouse, Newnan, Georgia 30263

Located Court Square, Newnan, Georgia

Formerly located Corner of Jefferson & East Washington Streets, Newnan, Georgia

Monument commemorates Civil War dead and was erected by the Ladies's Memorial Association. Cost of the monument was $2,000, with $100 donated by John W. Walton of Atlanta. For related information see: "History of Coweta County" and Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984. IAS files contain a related excerpt from an unidentified source which discusses the history of the monument and includes a historic photo of the monument at its original location.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.

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