Baldwin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Baldwin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Baldwin County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 26, 1912. Relocated 1948.

Shaft: granite; Figures: marble; Lion's head: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 73 in. x 47 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 111 x 111 in.

(On south side of base, raised lettering:) THIS TRIBUTE TO THE/MEMORY OF THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/UNVEILED APRIL 26, 1912 (On east side of base:) HIS UNCONQUERABLE/PATRIOTISM AND SELF-/SACRIFICE RENDERED/ABORTIVE THE EFFORT/OF HIS ENEMIES/AFTER HIS FLAG HAD/FOLDED FOREVER TO/DESTROY HIS PROUD/INHERITANCE. (On west side of base:) HIS HEROISM IN THE/PRESENCE OF THE/CONQUERING FOE WAS/EQUALLED ONLY BY/HIS GENEROSITY TO HIS/FALLEN ENEMY. (On north side of base, raised lettering:) 1861-1865/TO THE MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER/WHOSE FAME IS AS IMPERISH/ABLE AS THE EVERLASTING HILLS/WHOSE COURAGE IS UNRIVALED/SINCE THE DAWN OF CIVILIZA/TION, WHOSE NAME SHINES IN/UNDYING GLORY ON THE PAGES/OF HISTORY./THIS MONUMENT IS LOVINGLY/ERECTED BY THE/ROB'T E. LEE CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/OF MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. unsigned

A granite obelisk, flanked at the base by two Civil War soldiers on short pedestals. On the east of the base, a soldier stands holding his gun in both hands, butt between his boots, leaning his proper right leg against a tree trunk. He is dressed in wool pants and a short jacket, with an ammunition box on his belt. He has a bedroll over his shoulder and wears a brimmed hat. The soldier on the west side holds a gun in his proper right hand at his side, the butt touching his proper right boot. His proper left hand is by his side leaning on a tree trunk. He wears a brimmed hat, an ammunition belt and bedroll.

The south side of the obelisk contains a bas-relief depiction of a furled Confederate flag with the initials CSA. A bronze lion's head with a spout for a fountain emerges above a covered font at the base of the obelisk on the south side. The obelisk is mounted atop a three-stepped base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Milledgeville

Administered by City of Milledgeville, 119 East Hancock Street, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061

Located In median of South Jefferson Street across from Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia

The sculpture, which cost $2,700, was erected by the Robert E. Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy of Milledgeville, Georgia in honor of Confederate soldiers. It was originally erected at the intersections of Hancock and Wilkinson and dedicated on Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1912. Due to increased traffic, the sculpture was moved in 1948 to its current site, a median in South Jefferson just outside the gate of the Georgia Military College.

For related reading see Leola Beeson's "History Stories of Milledgeville," J.W. Burke Company, 1943, pg. 166-167; and two articles in the Union-Recorder, April 23, 1912, pg. 1 and April 30, 1912, pg. 1. IAS files contain related articles from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 31; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 17-18; 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, 1994.

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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