JACKSON
BUTTS COUNTY
GEORGIA

In Jackson Georgia on the corner of Third Street and Mulberry Street on courthouse lawn is where we find the Confederate monument.
A soldier is standing at rest on top of the monument holding his rifle. Below him it reads:

"In memory of the Confederate soldiers of Butts County, whose undying devotion to duty and self sacrifice in their country’s service, we cherish; and whose heroic deeds and patriotism, we embalm in stone, as they are enshrined in our hearts."

"Our Heroes".

To the soldier's right is a furled flag with 1861 at the top,and at the bottom 1865.
To the left of the soldier are two crossed sabers and it reads:

"Lest we forget".

On the back it reads:

"Erected by Larkin D. Watson Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy of Butts County, 1911.

The Larkin D. Watson Chapter of the UDC is inactive.

JEFFERSON
JACKSON COUNTY
GEORGIA

The Broken Confederate Soldier

This monument bearing a Confederate Soldier was erected standing on a mounted base, facing the north guarding his home in Jackson County.

In March 1940 while a flagpole was being taken down from the public square, someone attached a wire to the monument and the soldier was accidentally pulled down from the mount of the granite base, and is in total disrepair. The soldier is gone but not forgotten.

The monument was given by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Chapter # 1217. This monument was given in honor of the Confederate Soldiers of Jefferson, Georgia. It was unveiled on the public square in Jefferson, 26 April, 1911, at a cost of $1,700.00. The dedication took place while some of the Confederate Veterans were still living..
Repeat, “Lest We Forget” “Lest We Forget”
Forget, I don’t think so Source: The Georgia Confederate
Publication of the Ga. Div.
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Nov. 1997

The Jefferson Chapter #1217 of the U.D.C. is no longer active.

Photo courtesy Tina Harris, Director, Crawford W. Long Museum

Replacement Monument

This is the restored monument in Jefferson, Georgia. It is located in the median and surrounded by street signs and electric poles that hold the street lights. The soldier today has not been restored. In his place is a repilca of the Southern Cross of honor. The monument appears to have lost one of the tiers at the base. The base above has a plaque which reads: “To Our Confederate Soldiers.” Above that is “Comrades” and on the large section is a battle flag. On two sides are the letters "CSA" and on the other two sides are the dates 1861-1865. On the long section there is nothing on any of the four sides. The Southern Cross on top has the circle laurel wreath, with the lettering "Southern Cross of Honor". Inside the circle of the wreath is "Deo Vindice 1861 –1865".

Dr. Crawford W. Long

The monument is an obelisk in memory of Doctor Crawford W. Long. It was erected by the Jackson County Medical Society, April 21,1910, at Jefferson Ga. The committee members were: W. B. Hardman, M. D., S. J. Smith, M. D.; City committee: H. W. Bell, J. C. Bennett, M. D., F. M. Bailey, “Unveiled by the Georgia Medical Association, April 21,1910.” On the back it reads:

"In memory of Dr. Crawford W. Long the first discoverer of anesthesia. The great benefactor to the human RDA. Born, Danielsville, Madison Co. Ga., Nov. 1, 1816, Died Athens Ga., June 18,1870." On the left side it reads: "Sulphuric ether anesthesia was discovered by Dr. Crawford W. Long, on March 30, 1842, at Jefferson, Ga. and administered to James M.Venable, for the removal of a tumor." On the right side it reads: "Given by Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman, of Commerce, Jackson Co.Ga., in the name of his father and mother, Dr W. B.J. Hardman and Mrs. E. S. Hardman, life long friends of Crawford W. Long. Dr. W.B.J. Hardman, being a physician in Jackson Co. On the second tier it reads "LONG."
He is one of Georgia's two distinguished sons to be honored by having his statue placed in Statuary Hall in Washington, D. C.

JEFFERSONVILLE
TWIGGS COUNTY
GEORGIA

The Jeffersonville monument is a tall shaft bearing a Confederate Soldier at the crown. Below is a partially furled Confederate battle flag. Reading down the monument

“To the Twiggs county soldiers and those who sacrificed all to establish the independence of the South 1861-1865.”

“In Memory.”

To the right of the soldier reads: Twiggs volunteers Capt. James Folson 4th Regiment. Twiggs Guards Capt. John Barclay 6th Georgia Regiment.” On the left is inscribed: “Faulk Invincibles Capt. E. S. Griffin 26 Georgia regiment. Slappey Guards, Capt. W. A. Rice 48th Georgia Regiment.” On the back it reads: “Erected A. D. 1911 By the Twiggs county Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy.”

The Twiggs County Chapter #1227 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is no longer active.

JONESBORO
CLAYTON COUNTY
GEORGIA

CONFEDERATE CEMETERY

Located on Johnson and McDonough Streets. The entrance is an arched stone gateway. On the top of the gate are groups of cannon balls and two lamps. On the left side of the arch
Erected by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association of Atlanta, Georgia April 1934. Mrs. Arthur McDermotte Wilson, Jr. President
on the right

Committee
Mrs. Ernest B. Williams
Mrs. John Moreland Speer
Mrs. Charles J. Haden
Mrs. G. H. Brandon
Mrs. John L. Harper
"Love Makes Memory Eternal"

TWO DAYS OF BATTLE AT JONESBORO

In this vicinity were fought the engagements that ended the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Confederate forces under Gen. Hardee, endeavoring to defend the remaining R.R. to Atlanta, against outnumbering Federal troops, Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. were forced to withdraw to Lovejoy's. The area within the enclosure was a burial place of Confederate soldiers who died in local hospitals during the war. After its close, Confederate casualties(buried on the battlefields where they fell) were removed to this hallowed ground which was designated at the time, The Pat Cleburne Cemetery.(This name was in honor of General Patrick Cleburne.)

The cemetery is laid out in the form of a Confederate Battle Flag. The walk ways are the crosses, with burials in the triangular areas. Between 600 and 1000 unidentified Confederate soldiers are buried here.

In the center of the cemetery is a large stone marker which reads,

"To the honored memory of the several hundred unknown confederate soldiers reposing within this enclosure who fell at the battle of Jonesboro.
August 31-September 1, 1864

These soldiers were of Hardees's Corps. commanded by Maj. Gen Parick R. Cleburne, Lieut Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Corps and a portion of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corp. Commanded by Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee and charged with the defense of Jonesboro-though vastly outnumbered by Federal forces-they gave their lives to parry the final thrust at the heart of the Sountern Confederacy.

Erected by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association
1934

inscription by Wilbur G. Kurtz
Enterprise Marble & Granite Co., E.E. Redd, Mgr.

MOST UNUSUAL CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT

Sigma Chi Monument

Located at 11001 Tata Blvd. Jonesboro.
As seen from the highway this magnificent monument represents the shape of the badge of membership of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Engraved on the front of the monument is: Sigma Chi Fraternity
September 17,1864

The back of the monument holdes five bronze plaques. Two of these plaques will be quoted here:

"THIS IS A MEMORIAL TO HARRY S.
DIXON AND HIS AND HIS FATERNITY BROTHERS IN COMPANY D TWENTY-EIGHTH
MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEER CAVALRY CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. HAVING BECOME
MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY IN COLLEGE BEFORE THE WAR. THEY
MET IN AN ABANDONED CABIN HEREABOUTS ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1864.
AFTER THE FALL OF ATLANTA AND WITH THE SOUND OF BATTLE IN THEIR
EARS
ORGANIZED WHAT THEY CALLED THE CONSTANTINE CHAPTER OF SIGMA CHI. WITH THE
HOPE THAT IT WOULD HELP THEIR FATERNITY SURVIVE IN THE SOUTH, REGARDLESS
OF THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR.THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR FATERNITY THROUGHT THE
DESPAIR OF DEFEAT AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF RETREAT WILL REMAIN AN
INSPIRATION TO OTHERS LONG AFTER THE BRONZE TABLET ON WHICH THESES WORDS
ARE INSCRIBED HAS MOLDERED.

THIS MEMORIAL PARK WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF CLAYTON COUNTY AND
GIFTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN AND CANADA AND WAS DEDICATED ON
SEPTEMBER 17, 1979.

IN FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM OF HAMILTON DOUGLAS,
JR. ALPHA PSI '08, GRAND CONSUL OF THE SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY 1933-35. THIS
MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN 1939 ON LAND GIVEN TO CLATON COUNTY BY HARRY G.
EASTINGS AND HIS THREE SONS. ALL SIGMA CHIS OF DELTA CHAPTER. GIFTS FROM
MEMBEERS OF THE FRATERNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PAID THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTION. THE INTRICATELY CARVED CROSS IS OF WHITE CHEROKKE GEORGIA
MARBLE AND THE COMPONENT PARTS OF THE PEDESTAL ARE OF DARKEST GEORGIA
MARBLE MEZZOTINT. FABRACATION OF THE MONUMENT REQUIRED FIVE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-EIGHT CUBIC FEET OF MARBLE. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST SUCH
PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN BY AN AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY. OVERALL WEIGHT
OF MONUMENT, INCLUDING MASSIVE FOUNDATION ANCHORED DEEP IN THE EARTH, 105
TONS. HEIGHT AT REAR 11 FEET. DIMENSIONS OF WHITE CROSS, 7 1/2 BY 10 1/4 FEET.
DESIGNER AND BUILDER MARTHAME SANDERS, BETA PSI '25. Photos by Faye L. Dyess

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