Confederate Memorial -- Oglethorpe GA
N 32° 17.624 W 084° 03.601
16S E 776861 N 3576792
A small Confederate monument located on the north side of the Macon County Courthouse grounds and Oglethorpe Georgia
Waymark Code: WMWJD4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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This small Confederate Memorial stands on the north side of the Macon County Courthouse grounds in downtown Oglethorpe Georgia.
It was installed by the UDC during the Lost Cause era of the 1890s-1930s.
The memorial consists of a short block of gray granite carved on both sides in relief with "CSA" over a design of crossed "Stars and Bars" battle flags and crossed rifles. Between these designs the following words are carved in bas-relief:
[W side]
To our Confederate dead
[E side]
Erected by
Oglethorpe Chapter
No. 1407, UDC
Feb. 20, 1923
Date Installed or Dedicated: 02/20/1923
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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