Schley County Confederate Monument-Ellaville, Georgia
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Sprinterman
N 32° 14.291 W 084° 18.501
16S E 753621 N 3570016
Located in the median near the Schley County Courthouse in Ellaville, GA.
Waymark Code: WM7MXB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2009
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This 1910 monument stands proudly in the small town of Ellaville, Georgia.
From the Smithsonian website:
"A uniformed Civil War soldier stands atop a tall elaborate column. He holds his rifle in front of him. His proper right leg is braced from behind by a tree stump. The column is ornamented with four carved cannon balls, one on each corner. There is flag in relief on the middle of the column. The lowest section of the column is decorated with fluted pilasters that wrap around the corners. The bottom section of the base includes basins on the front and rear that were once used as fountains."
"(Around top of upper base, on each face, raised lettering:)
CSA
(Front of base:) 1861-1865
SONS OF THE CHOICEST STRAIN OF AMERICAN BLOOD SCIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY STOCK - CITIZENS OF THE PUREST SECTION OF THIS UNION THEY LIVED TRUE TO EVERY HONORABLE TRADITION THAT ILLUMINATES THE PAGES OF OUR HISTORY AND AT THE CALL OF DUTY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES A NOBLE SACRIFICE ON THE ALTAR OF THEIR COUNTRY.
(West side of base, incised lettering:)
YEA AND WHEN
THRONES SHALL
CRUMBLE DOWN
AND HUMAN
PRIDE AND
GRANDEUR FALL
PERISHING
GLORIES ALL
THE PURE
DEVOTION OF
THY VALIANT
HEART
SHALL LIVE IN
HEAVEN OF WHICH
IT IS A PART.
(South side of base:)
IN MEMORY OF
THE
BOYS IN GRAY
ERECTED 1910
UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF THE SARAH E. HORNEDY
CHAPTER
U.D.C.
(East side of base:)
TELL IT AS YOU MAY IT NEVER CAN BE TOLD THE STORY OF THE GLORY OF THE MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY
The monument commemorates Confederate soldiers, and was erected under the auspices of the Sarah E. Hornady Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The cost of the monument was raised through contribution and fund-raising events, with Mrs. G. P. DeWolf contributing $100.
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