Polk County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Polk County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Polk County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Our Heroes, (sculpture).

Installed 1906. Unveiled Oct. 26, 1906.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 27 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 ft.

(On front of base, raised lettering:) CSA/ERECTED BY THE/CEDARTOWN CHAPTER/U.D.C. NO. 491./TO THE CONFEDERATE/VETERANS OF POLK COUNTY/1906./THE DAUGHTERS OF/THOSE WHO MADE/OUR FLAG HOLD IN/EXHALTED VENERATION/THOSE WHO BORE IT./OUR HEROES (On left side of base, raised lettering:) THIS, WE RAISE, A/LOVING TRIBUTE TO/THE PAST, PRESENT/AND FUTURE. (On rear of base, raised lettering:) '61,/THE PRINCIPLES FOR/WHICH THEY FOUGHT/LIVE ETERNALLY./'65 (On right side of base:) WHEN THE LAST/TRUMPET SOUNDED/MAY EACH ONE ANSWER/THE ROLL CALL OF/THE HEAVENLY ARMY. unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands at parade rest, dressed in a wide-brimmed hat, a bed roll and canteen draped across his chest, and a sword in a sheath on his proper left shoulder. He holds his rifle in front of him, butt to the ground. The back of his proper right leg rests against a tree stump. The sculpture is mounted atop a graduated shaft with a stepped bottom. The base is ornamented with bas-relief depictions of crossed flags on the front and rear, and crossed rifles on the left and right sides. Below the shaft, each corner is decorated with integral upright cannons. Low relief crossed swords appear near the bottom front of the base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Cedartown

Administered by Polk County Board of Commissioners, P. O. Box 268, Cedartown, Georgia 30125

Located Polk County Courthouse, Prior Street, Cedartown, Georgia

The sculpture cost $2,000. Installed under the auspices of the Cedartown Chapter No. 491, United Daughters of the Confederacy, in honor of Confederate veterans of Polk County. The sculpture was sandblasted in 1978. IAS files contain related excerpts from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 10; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 94; 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. 47.

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. 47.

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