Confederate Georgia Volunteers Memorial, Forsyth, Georgia
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Confederate soldier statue dedicated to the Georgia Volunteers by the Monroe County Courthouse in Forsyth, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM24PN
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2007
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The soldier cast in bronze, his musket over his shoulder and bayonet on his left side is ready to step off into battle. On the front a bronze tablet reads;
“Georgia Volunteers.
Quitman Guards Co. K 1st. Reg.,
Confederate Volunteers Co. A 14th Reg.
Monroe Crowders Co. D 31st Reg.,
Monroe Volunteers Co. H 32nd Reg.a
Rutland Volunteers Co. B 46th Reg.
McCowen Co. D 45th Reg.
Quitman Guards Co. K 53rd Reg."
Figure by Frederick C. Hibbard. Commissioned 1907. Cast in 1908 by American Foundry Company - Chicago. Dedicated June 20, 1908. Erected by The Ladies Memorial Association and the Cabiness Chapter # 415 United Daughters of The Confederacy.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/20/1908
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The Ladies Memorial Association and the Cabiness Chapter # 415 United Daughters of The Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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