Administered by Houston County Commission Public Works Department 2018 Kings Chapel Road Perry Georgia 31069
Located Courthouse square, Ball Street at Carroll Street Perry Georgia
Date:
Installed April 27, 1908. Dedicated May 21, 1908. Relocated ca. 1948
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Widener, Ralph W., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Washington, D.C.: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 71.
(On east side of base:) CSA/IN HONOR OF/THE MEN OF HOUSTON COUNTY/WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY/OF THE CONFEDERATE/STATES OF AMERICA./"THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND LIVED,/AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED."/ERECTED BY THE DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY. (Raised lettering:) COMRADES/TO OUR/CONFEDERATE/DEAD (On north side of base:) 1861-1865 (On block inset at bottom right corner, incised lettering:) HOUSTON COUNTY/CHAPTER/U.D.C. (On west side of base:) CSA/MAY THIS SHAFT EVER/CALL TO MEMORY/"THE STORY OF THE GRAY" (On south side of base:) 1861-1865 unsigned
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Summary:
A Civil War soldier stands holding his rifle with both hands at his proper right side, the butt of which rests on the ground. He turns his head to the proper left. He wears a brimmed hat, a knee-length overcoat and cape. A tree stump is at the back of his proper right leg. The sculpture is mounted upon a tapered shaft with a serrated cornice and rough-hewn sides. The shaft is set upon a graduated base with three bottom steps. The bottom of the base and the steps are rough-hewn. Enclosed in the memorial's cornerstone is a rooster of soldiers and public officials, Confederate and U.S. money, and an account of fund-raising efforts.
