Laurens Co. Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Laurens Co. Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Cordele Marble Company, fabricator.

Huffman, L. C., contractor.

Laurens Co. Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Laurens County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Installed April 1909. Dedicated April 26, 1912.

Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: Georgia marble.

Sculpture and upper base: approx. H. 35 ft.; Lower base: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 2 in.

(Front of base:) (CSA monogram in relief)/1861-1865/YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WILL FOREVER GUARD/THE MEMORY OF YOUR BRAVE DEEDS (North side of base:) (CSA monogram in relief)/IN MEMORIAL OUR HEROES 1861-1865 (West side of base:) (CSA monogram in relief)/1861-1865/IT HAS NO SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE WITHIN ITS FOLDS THE/DEAD WHO DIED UNDER IT, LIE FITLY SHROUDED (South side of base:) (CSA monogram in relief)/FIDELITY, WHEN EXTENDED TO HIM TO WHOM IT IS/JUSTLY DUE, RESEMBLES THE "STARS OF FRIEDLAND" THAT/SHINES BEST IN THE BLACKEST NIGHT. unsigned

A figure of a Civil War soldier stands with his musket in the crook of his proper right arm, holding an open powder flask, preparing to load. He is in Confederate fatigue uniform and wears a wide-brimmed hat. A bedroll is slung over his proper left shoulder and a cartridge box and canteen hang on his proper right side. The soldier is mounted upon a tall, square base adorned with reliefs depicting: (front) crossed Confederate flags and crossed muskets and flask to represent the Infantry; (north side) crossed cannons and a plunger to represent the Navy; (rear) crossed Confederate flags and crossed swords to represent the Cavalry; and (south side) two crossed cannons and two rows of cannonballs to represent the Artillery. Horizontal cannons decorate each corner of the base. Surrounding the base is a marble curb adorned with four marble urns, one at each corner.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Dublin

Coadministered by City of Dublin, Mayor's Office, P. O. Box 690, Dublin, Georgia 31040

Coadministered by Dublin Laurens Historical Society/Museum, P. O. Box 1461, Dublin, Georgia 31040

Located Intersection of Bellevue Avenue & Academy Avenue becoming Jackson Street, Dublin, Georgia 31021

The monument commemorates Civil War dead and was commissioned by the Oconee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of $4,000. The contract was awarded to the Cordele Marble Company in April 1908. The monument was originally scheduled to be installed on Jackson Street and the foundation was initially placed there. However, a lawsuit was initiated to change the location, and the contractor, L. C. Huffman, dug up the foundation. The monument was installed at its current site in April 1909, but the sponsors were unable to complete payment on it, and it was kept veiled for three years before finally being dedicated on April 26, 1912. For related information see: The Macon Daily Telegraph, April 27, 1912, pg. 8; The Dublin Courier Dispatch, Feb. 23, 1909; Feb. 26, 1909; April 2, 1909; April 8, 1909; and April 16, 1909.

IAS files contain: newspaper articles: The Dublin Times, April 30, 1908; The Laurens County Herald, April 25, 1911 and April 11, 1912; excerpts: Bertha Sheppard Hart's "The Official History of Laurens County Georgia, 1807-1941," Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1978, pg. 244; Isabell Buzzett Smith's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 16; Ralph W. Widener Jr.'s "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington: Andromeda Associates, 1982; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: WH Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 79-81.; related item from the Dublin Lauren Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

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

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