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National Marble & Granite Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Butler
Sculpture
Taylor County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
National Marble & Granite Company, contractor.
Title:
Taylor County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Confederate Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated April 26, 1911.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On south face of base:) GRAY FROM TAYLOR COUNTY ERECTED BY THE WALLACE EDWARDS CHAPTER UDC OUR HEROES (On east face of base, raised lettering:) 1861-1865 (On north face of base:) NO NATION ROSE SO PURE AND FAIR OR FELL SO FREE OF CRIME (Below, raised lettering:) 1861-1865 (On west face of base, raised lettering:) 1861-1865 unsigned
Description:
A Civil War soldier stands wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a blanket roll across his chest. He holds his rifle by the barrel in front of him, butt to the ground. A stump is behind his proper right leg. The sculpture is mounted atop a shaft with rough-cut sides and a stepped bottom.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Butler
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Taylor County Board of Commissioners, Taylor County Courthouse, Butler, Georgia 31006
Located Courthouse square, Butler, Georgia
Remarks:
Installed by the Wallace Edwards Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of those from Taylor County who fought in the Civil War. 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. 7; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 112; 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. 46. McKenney's 1993 text says the memorial was badly stained, but cleaned in recent years.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0060, 1989.
Monumental News, Sept. 1910, pg. 706.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS GA000501
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