- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Augusta Confederate Monument
- Date of Original:
- 1980/2022
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Augusta
War memorials--Georgia--Augusta
Statues--Georgia--Augusta
Confederate States of America--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments - People:
- Benson, Berry, 1843-1923--Statues
Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862--Statues - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Confederate Monument in downtown Augusta bears the inscription, "No Nation Rose So White and Fair; None Fell So Pure of Crime." Four Confederate generals, including Georgian Thomas R. R. Cobb, stand around the base of the memorial, while the likeness of Augusta resident Benson Berry graces the top.
Photograph of the Augusta Confederate Monument in downtown Augusta, Georgia. The tall white monuments sits on a large rectangular stone base. Small statues of four Confederate generals, including Georgian Thomas R. R. Cobb, stand around the base of the memorial, while the likeness of Augusta resident Benson Berry sits atop the monument. The monument bears the following inscription: "No Nation Rose So White and Fair; None Fell So Pure of Crime." - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/berry-benson-1843-1923/m-8274/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/berry-benson-1843-1923
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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