Coweta County Georgia Monument-Newnan, Georgia
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N 33° 22.482 W 084° 47.979
16S E 704694 N 3694990
Located at the Old Coweta County Courthouse in Newnan, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM2VF8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2007
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Monument commemorates Civil War dead and was erected by the Ladies's Memorial Association. Cost of the monument was $2,000, with $100 donated by John W. Walton of Atlanta.
A uniformed Confederate soldier stands on picket duty, holding his musket by the barrel on his proper right side, the butt of which rests by his proper right foot. The soldier wears a hat and a short cloak over a knee-length jacket. The statue is mounted upon a multi-tiered base.
Installed 1885.
Medium: Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. (32,000 lbs.).
Inscription: (Front of base:) Our Confederate dead, whom power could not corrupt, whom death could not terrify, whom defeat could not dishonor. (Back of base:) It is not in mortals to command success. But they did more - deserved it. (Right of base:) 1861-1865 (Left side of base:) Erected in 1885 unsigned
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1885
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Ladies Memorial Association
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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