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Col. C. C. Sanders Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, John, 1800-1880, sculptor. McNeel Marble Works, fabricator. Title:  Col. C. C. Sanders Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Colonel C. C. Sanders, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Inscription:  (Circling the top of the monument:) 1840 C.C.SANDERS 1908 PATRIOT COLONEL 24TH GEORGIA REGIMENT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF THE VIRGINIAS CSA SOLDIER unsigned Subject:  Portrait male -- Sanders, C. C. Occupation -- Military -- Colonel History -- United States -- Civil War Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Gainesville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Georgia Mountains Museum, 311 Green Street, Gainesville, Georgia 30501 Located Georgia Mountains Museum, Green Street Station, Gainesville, Georgia Provenance:  Formerly located United States Post Office, Green & Washington Streets, Gainesville, Georgia Remarks:  Colonel Sanders (1840-1908) fought in the Civil War with General Robert E. Lee in the army of Northern Virginia. After the Civil War, he returned to Gainesville and became the organizer and president of the State Banking Company. He was a trustee of Brenau College and a member of the Gainesville Board of Education. Colonel Sanders was the only Confederate soldier honored by the United States Government by the erection of a statue on Federal property. Originally it was a seated figure of Colonel Sanders placed on a raised platform with columns and urns at the four corners. The sculpture was destroyed by the tornado of 1936. The head is displayed in the Georgia Mountains Museum, the body is on the grounds of the museum, and the top of the monument is also outside the museum. The rest of the pieces are either destroyed or scattered about Gainesville. Before the tornado, the sculpture was located at the U.S. Post Office. IAS files contain information and picture of the sculpture before it was destroyed, from Sybil McRay's book "Pictorial History of Hall County to 1950," Gainesville, GA: Hall County Library, 1985, pg. 219. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. McRay, Sybil, "Pictorial History of Hall County to 1950," Gainesville, GA: Hall County Library, 1985, pg. 219. 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 GA000202   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000202 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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