Dublin Core
Title
Jenkins County Confederate Monument (Millen, Georgia)
Source
american,confederatemonument,peoplesculptures,daughters
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
1650
Date Issued
1909-01-01
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,32.804004,-81.939328;
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Jenkins County Confederate Monument
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Jenkins_County_Confederate_Monument
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Funded by
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Inscription
On front of base:) 1861-1865
(Raised lettering:) ERECTED JUNE 3RD 1909 / BY / THE WAYSIDE HOME / CHAPTER. U.D.C. / IN HONOR OF OUR / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, / WHOM POWER COULD / NOT CORRUPT
WHOM DEATH COULD / NOT TERRIFY, / WHOM DEFEAT COULD / NOT DISHONOR.
THOSE WHO SERVED. / THE / CONFEDERACY.
(On right side of base:) CSA / THOSE WHO FOUGHT
(On rear of base:)
1861-1865 / THESE WERE MEN WHO / BY THE SIMPLE MANHOOD / OF THEIR LIVES. / BY / THEIR STRICT ADHERENCE / TO THE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHTS, / BY THEIR SUBLIME / COURAGE. / AND UNSPEAKABLE SACRIFICE, / EVEN TO THE HEROISM OF DEATH, / HAVE PRESERVED FOR US, / THROUGH THE GLOOM OF DEFEAT, / A PRICELESS HERITAGE OF HONOR. / FOR EACH SINGLE WRECK / IN THE WAR PATH OF MIGHT, / HALL YET BE A ROCK IN / THE TEMPLE OF RIGHT. / THOSE WHO FELL
(On left side of base:) CSA (Raised lettering:) COMRADES.
State
Georgia
County
Jenkins
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Millen