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This photo of a statue of a Confederate soldier was
taken in 1930. The statue is part of an arch built of native rock
constructed to honor the memory of Civil War and World War I soldiers. The
arch was built in 1925 for the Calhoun Woman's Club by W. Laurens
Hillhouse. There is a statue of Sequoyah on a pedestal of stone just
behind the arch.
[from
Vanishing Georgia - According to Confederate Monuments of Georgia
Confederate Burials and Assorted Confederate Information, located
online at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/3093/index.html, this
monument is still standing at this location. A marble tablet on the arch
reads: "Confederate memorial battle of Resaca fought near here May 14 and
15, 1864." On another plague under the arch is inscribed the following
names: "Committee, Mrs. Ernest BEALL; Chairman, Mrs. G. G.
HARLAND, Mrs. J. B. ERWIN, J. C. GARLINGTON; Mayor,
W. L. HILLHOUSE builder 1927." On either side of the arch are two
soldiers, one of which faces south. Under this soldier, the confederate
soldier, is a small plague which reads "J. L. Mott Iron Works" and another
larger plague which reads "Confederate Memorial." The plague under the
soldier facing north reads "Calhoun honors her World War I heroes
1917-1918."]
Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Division of Archives and History, Office of
Secretary of State
Photo of Sequoyah with
historical information |
