Morgan County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Morgan County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Smith, J. T., contractor.

H. H. Jones & Company, contractor.

Morgan County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Statue, (sculpture).

ca. 1908. Installed 1908. Dedicated Jan. 5, 1909.

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Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: granite and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 18 in. x 8 in.; Base: approx. H. 24 ft. x W. 11 ft. 5 in.

(On front of base, raised lettering:) "LORD GOD OF HOSTS/BE WITH US YET,/LEST WE FORGET,/LEST WE FORGET."/CSA/"NO NATION ROSE/SO WHITE AND FAIR,/NONE FELL SO PURE OF CRIME."/1861-1865 (On left side of base, raised lettering:) "THEIR HEROISM ABIDES/IN OUR HEARTS./THEIR UNCHALLENGED/DEVOTION AND MATCHLESS/VALOR SHALL CONTINUE/TO BE THE WONDER AND/INSPIRATION OF THE AGES." (On rear of base:) ERECTED BY THE/MORGAN COUNTY CHAPTER/OF THE UNITED/DAUGHTERS OF/THE CONFEDERACY,/1908. (On right side of base, raised lettering:) TO THE SOLDIERS/OF THE/SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY/WHO DIED TO REPEL/UNCONSTITUTIONAL INAVASION (sic)/TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS/RESERVED TO THE PEOPLE,/TO PERPETUATE FOREVER/THE SOVEREIGNTY/OF THE STATES./1861-1865 unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands wearing a brimmed hat and a bedroll over his proper left shoulder. On his uniform is a belt with a bayonet in scabbard and a canteen on his proper left hip. He holds a rifle in front of him with both hands on the barrel. The butt of the rifle rests at his feet. The sculpture is mounted atop a tapered shaft with a tiered bottom set upon a stepped base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Madison

Administered by City of Madison, Parks and Recreation Department, 1253 College Drive, Madison, Georgia 30650

Located Hill Park, South Main Street, Madison, Georgia

The sculpture was installed by the Morgan County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of Confederate men who died during the Civil War. The sculpture was fabricated by McNeel Marble Works. Contractor J. T. Smith of H. H. Jones & Company of Griffin, Georgia, erected the sculpture and added the inscriptions on the base. The sculpture was originally placed on courthouse property in city square. When the new post office was built on this property, it was moved to Hill Park on South Main Street.

IAS files contain three articles from The Madisonian (Madison, GA), regarding the installation and dedication of the sculpture. 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. 30; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 87-88; 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. 67.

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. 67.

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