Confederate Soldier's Memorial - Laurens County GA
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Laurens County's Monument to the Confederate Soldier was commisioned in the spring of 1908.
Waymark Code: WM5B9M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2008
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The thirty five foot tall monument is constructed of marble. The base is of white Georgia Marble and the soldier is carved from Italian Marble. It weighs 91,440 pounds and sits in the center of a twenty foot by twenty foot square. The first three bases are 8 feet square and the fourth is 5 feet square. The bases are 4.5 feet high and the die and the plint total five feet in height. The middle spire is 14 feet tall. The seven foot tall soldier stands in the position of at rest. He is clad with in a fatigue uniform with a cartridge box and canteen. Around the base are the accouterments of the four branches of Confederate military. The infantry is represented by the crossed rifles, the Calvary by the crossed sabres, the artillery by the crossed cannons, and the Navy by the crossed deck cannon and ramrod.
Sourced from: Laurens County Historical Society
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/26/1909
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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