Decatur County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Decatur County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Morriss Bros. Company, contractor.

Decatur County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1906. Dedicated April 26, 1906.

Sculpture: Italian marble; Base and pool: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 14 x 3 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 10 in.

(On front bottom of base:) C.S.A./TO OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS./1861-1865. (On rear bottom of base:) ERECTED BY THE BAINBRIDGE CHAPTER/OF UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/AND THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE/1905. (On plaque on bottom step, front of base:) THE BAINBRIDGE VOLUNTEERS/LATER/THE BAINBRIDGE INDEPENDENTS/ORGANIZED 1859, BY/CAPTAIN CHARLES G. CAMPBELL,/ASSEMBLED HERE IN MARCH 1861 AND/ENTERED SERVICE UNDER THE COMMAND/OF CAPTAIN JOHN W. EVANS AS/COMPANY G, 1ST GEORGIA REGIMENT/W.P.A. 1936 U.D.C. (On granite blocks around edge of pool: names of mayor, aldermen, chief of police, clerk of council and treasurer of council) (On one granite block:) BAINBRIDGE/INCORPORATED/DEC 22. 1829. unsigned

A mustached Civil War soldier stands in uniform wearing a knee-length coat and a hat slightly askew on his head. He grasps his rifle in front of him with butt to the ground. His proper left foot is slightly forward and his proper right leg rests against a stump behind him. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base with four military medallions in bas-relief around the top. They are: crossed swords, crossed anchors, crossed rifles and crossed cannons. The shaft of the base has faint etched designs depicting the Confederate flag. The base is set on a tiered platform in the middle of a circular pool. Flanking the sculpture on the platform are cannons from which water flows into the pool. The entire fountain is encircled by a fence.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Bainbridge

Administered by City of Bainbridge, Parks and Recreation Department, P. O. Box 158, Bainbridge, Georgia 31717

Located Willis Park, Bainbridge, Georgia

The sculpture was installed by the Bainbridge Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the City of Bainbridge in honor of Confederate soldiers. Funds were raised through contributions from members of the community and through a benefit concert; and the pool was funded by the city. Willis Park was once also known as Monument Square.

IAS files contain excerpts from Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 44; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 46-48; and Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 6.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5024, 1989.

Monumental News, Dec. 1905, pg. 824.

McKenney, Frank M., "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, G.A.: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 48.

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