Confederate Dead Monument - Abbeville, GA
N 31° 59.556 W 083° 18.427
17R E 282036 N 3541941
A monument to the Confederate Dead is located in front of the Wilcox County Library directly across the street from the Wilcox County Courthouse in Abbeville, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WMNX2F
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2015
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This Confederate Dead monument is located in front of the Wilcox County Library and is directly across the street from the Wilcox County Courthouse. On top of the column stands a Civil War Confederate soldier wearing a uniform and hat. The column sits on a three-tiered base.
Text on the front of the monument:
1861
1865
Confederate
Dead
Confederate
Text on the right side of the monument:
"It is a duty we owe
to posterity to see
that our children shall
know the virtues and
become worthy of their
sires."
Text on the left side of the monument:
"This carven stone is
here to tell
To all the world the
love we bear
To those who fought and
bled and fell,
Whose battle cry was
do and dare.
Who feared no foe, but
faced the fray--
Our gallant men who
wore the gray."
Text on the back of the monument:
Erected by the
Abbeville Chapter
United Daughters of
the Confederacy,
April 26, 1909.
In memory of our
heroes in gray.
Description from the Smithsonian Art Inventory:
"Atop a tall square shaft a Civil War soldier stands at parade rest, holding his rifle in front of him, butt to the ground. His proper right leg rests against a stump behind him, and his proper left foot is slightly forward. He wears a Confederate uniform and hat. A sack is slung across his proper right shoulder. The shaft rests a three-tiered base. At one time, four cannonballs were installed atop each corner of one of the tiers five feet above the ground, but they are now missing."