Johnston Monument, (sculpture).

Johnston Monument, (sculpture).

Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959, sculptor.

Southern Granite and Marble, fabricator.

Johnston Monument, (sculpture).

General Joseph E. Johnston Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 24, 1912.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Georgia granite; Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft.

(Front of base, raised lettering:) JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON/1807--1891/BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A./GENERAL C.S.A./GIVEN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATE/FORCES AT DALTON IN/1863, HE DIRECTED THE 79 DAYS/CAMPAIGN TO ATLANTA, ONE OF THE/MOST MEMORABLE IN THE ANNALS OF WAR/ERECTED BY BRYAN M. THOMAS/CHAPTER UNITED DAUGHTERS OF/CONFEDERACY, DALTON, GEORGIA, 1912

A standing portrait of General Joseph E. Johnston in his Civil War uniform, shown as if deep in thought. He holds his hat in his proper right hand and his sword in his proper left hand, the tip of which touches the ground by his proper left foot. The sculpture is mounted on a an elaborate base adorned with a laurel wreath and the Cross of Honor. Two semicircular steps lead up to the base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Portrait male -- Johnston, Joseph E. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Dalton

Administered by City of Dalton, Administrator's Office, P. O. Box 1205, Dalton, Georgia 30722

Located Hamilton Street, downtown, center of Dalton, Dalton, Georgia

The monument commemorates Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston, who directed the "79 days campaign to Atlanta" during the Civil War. It was erected by the Bryan M. Thomas Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Dalton, Georgia. The monument was funded with $2,000 raised through subscription, as well as a contribution of $250 a piece from the City of Dalton and Whitfield County, and an appropriation from the state legislature of $2,500. The effort to erect the monument originated when Colonel Tomlinson Fort of Chattanooga, praised Johnson during a Memorial Day speech and pledged $100 to erect a monument in his honor.

IAS files contain excerpts from: "Confederate Veteran," pg. 286-288; Ralph W. Widener Jr.'s "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 54; Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 15.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0019, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 35-36.

Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 54.

Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 35.

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