Twiggs County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Twiggs County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

National Marble & Granite Company, contractor.

Twiggs County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1911.

Sculpture: marble; Base: granite. Foundation: brick.

Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 16 ft. x 32 in. x 32 in.

(Front of base:) TO THE TWIGGS COUNTY SOLDIERS AND THOSE WHO/SACRIFICED ALL/TO ESTABLISH THE/INDEPENDENCE OF/THE SOUTH/1861-1865/(raised lettering:) IN MEMORY (Back of base:) ERECTED/A.D.1911/BY THE TWIGGS COUNTY CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY (Right side of base:) FAULK INVINCIBLES/CAPT. E.S. GRIFFIN/26TH. GA. REG./SLAPPEY GUARDS/CAPT. U.A. RICE/48TH GA. REG. (Left side of base:) TWIGGS VOLUNTEERS/CAPT. JAS. FOLSOM/4TH. GA. REG./TWIGGS GUARDS/CAPT. JNO. BARCLAY/6TH GA.REG. unsigned

A Confederate soldier stands atop a tall square shaft, his proper right foot in front of his left, his hands positioned in front of him to hold a musket that is now partially missing. He has a moustache and wears a wide-brimmed hat. A bedroll tied around his torso and a bayonet scabbard hangs from his proper left side. A pine stump stands behind his proper left leg. The front of the shaft is adorned with a relief of a Confederate flag. The base rests on three steps which rest on a square brick foundation.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Jeffersonville

Administered by Twiggs County Commissioners Office, P. O. Box, Jeffersonville, Georgia 31044

Located Jeffersonville Highway 80, one block from Courthouse, Jeffersonville, Georgia 31044

Formerly located Shannon's Meadow, Jeffersonville, Georgia

The monument commemorates the Confederate soldiers of Twiggs County, Georgia, and was erected by the Twiggs County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Originally, the monument was to be erected on the courthouse lawn, and a brick and concrete foundation was prepared for it there in 1911. However, a dispute broke out concerning the names of soldiers and military units to be inscribed on the monument, and a lawsuit ensued. The monument was ultimately erected at its current site, known in 1911 as Shannon's Meadow. For related information see Faulk and Jones' "History of Twiggs County," 1960.

IAS files contain the following excerpts: Ralph W. Widener Jr.'s "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 63; Isabell Buzzett Smith's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 25; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: WH Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 117.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0061, 1989.

Monumental News, Sept. 1910, pg. 706.

Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 63.

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