Confederate Soldier's Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
N 33° 44.781 W 084° 26.649
16S E 736756 N 3736966
Civil War monument at the top of Confederate Knoll, Westview Cemetery. Near the Battle of Erza Church.
Waymark Code: WM49VP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
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A large monument featuring a Civil War soldier was erected by the "Confederate Veterans Association of Fulton County." The area circling the statue, known as Confederate Knoll, contains the graves of 347 Confederate veterans. The inscription on the monument is a call for peace. "Nation shall not rise up against nation. They shall beat their swords into plough shares and their spears into pruning hooks. Neither shall they learn war anymore. Of Liberty born of a Patriots dream; of a storm cradled Nation that fell."

Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1870

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Confederate Veterans Association of Fulton County

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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