Carroll County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Carroll County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.

Carroll County Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Installed April 26, 1910. Dedicated May 28, 1910. Relocated 1958.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.

Sculpture: approx. 40 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 10 x 10 ft.

(On front of base:) In Proud and Loving Memory Of the/Confederate/soldiers/of Carroll County/1861-1865 Confederate/Dead (On rear of base:) Erected/by the/Annie Wheeler Chapter/United Daughters (On left side of base:) "How sleep the Brave,/who sink to Rest,/By All Their Country's/Wishes Blest!/By Forms unseen, their/Dirge is Sung,/There Honor Comes,/A/Pilgrim Gray. To Bless the Turf,/That wraps their Clay." (On right side of base:) Upon the Altar/of Home and Country They Placed the Offering/In Fullest Measure/Of all they had to give. unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands slightly to his proper right. The butt of his rifle is directly in front of his feet. There is a tree stump next to the soldier's proper right leg. He wears a brimmed hat, hip-length jacket, a scabbard at his proper left side, and a canteen at his proper right side. The sculpture is mounted atop a shaft with a three-tiered bottom.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Carrollton

Administered by Carroll County, Newnan Street, Carroll County Courthouse, Carrollton, Georgia 30117

Located Carroll County Courthouse, Newnan Street, Front lawn, Carrollton, Georgia

Formerly located Tanner Memorial Hospital, Carrollton, Georgia 1958.

Formerly located Downtown square, center of town, Carrollton, Georgia 1910-1958.

The sculpture honors the Confederate soldiers of Carroll County, Georgia. The Annie Wheeler Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy sponsored the sculpture project. The McDaniel-Curtis Camp of Confederate Veterans raised much of the money for the sculpture project by selling a souvenir history of Carroll County. The sculpture was first located in Carollton's public square until 1958 when it was relocated to the grounds of Tanner Memorial Hospital. At some point, the sculpture was moved again to the front lawn of the Carroll County Courthouse.

IAS files contain excerpts from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monuments of Georgia," Atlanta: Atlanta Chapter No. 18, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1984, pg. 8; Frank M. McKenney's "The Standing Army," Alpharetta, GA: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993, pg. 28-29; 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. 46. For related reading see the Times Georgian, April 6, 1989.

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. 46.

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