- Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives)
- Title:
- Augusta, Ga. Confederate Monument
- Creator:
- Raphael Tuck & Sons
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1979
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Augusta
Fences--Georgia--Augusta
Soldiers' monuments--Georgia--Augusta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Monuments
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863--Monuments
Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862--Monuments
Walker, William Henry Talbot, 1816-1864--Monuments - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Confederate Monument, on Broad Street, was erected by the Ladies Memorial Association in the memory of the soldiers from Richmond County who died in the Civil War. It cost $17,331, and was unveiled October 31st, 1878. It is 72 feet high, surmounted by the statue of a Confederate private, while 22 feet above the base stand life-size figures of Generals Robt. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas R. R. Cobb and Wm. Henry Walker.
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/781
- Additional Rights Information:
- Postcards published after 1923 may be covered by copyright. The Georgia Archives cannot provide permission to publish.
- Extent:
- Visual image
- Original Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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