Administered by City of Dalton Administrator's Office P. O. Box 1205 Dalton Georgia 30722
Located Hamilton Street, downtown, center of Dalton Dalton Georgia
Date:
Dedicated Oct. 24, 1912
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0019, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 35-36.
Image on file.
Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 54.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 35.
(Front of base, raised lettering:) JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON/1807--1891/BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A./GENERAL C.S.A./GIVEN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATE/FORCES AT DALTON IN/1863, HE DIRECTED THE 79 DAYS/CAMPAIGN TO ATLANTA, ONE OF THE/MOST MEMORABLE IN THE ANNALS OF WAR/ERECTED BY BRYAN M. THOMAS/CHAPTER UNITED DAUGHTERS OF/CONFEDERACY, DALTON, GEORGIA, 1912
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Summary:
A standing portrait of General Joseph E. Johnston in his Civil War uniform, shown as if deep in thought. He holds his hat in his proper right hand and his sword in his proper left hand, the tip of which touches the ground by his proper left foot. The sculpture is mounted on a an elaborate base adorned with a laurel wreath and the Cross of Honor. Two semicircular steps lead up to the base.
