Administered by City of Rome Cemetery Department 725 Kingston Avenue Rome Georgia 30161
Located Myrtle Hill Cemetery Brow, Myrtle Street & Broad Street Rome Georgia
Date:
Installed 1886 or 1887. Dedicated April 26, 1887. Soldier added ca. 1909. Rededicated April 26, 1909
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
The Atlanta Journal, Sept. 10, 1975.
(Front of base, raised lettering:) (Seal of Daughters of Confederate States of America)/ERECTED BY THE WOMEN OF ROME/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE SOLDIERS OF FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA/WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF/THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/1861-1865 (Left side of base, incised lettering:) HOW WELL/THEY SERVED THEIR FAITH/THEIR PEOPLE KNOW,/A THOUSAND BATTLE FIELDS ATTEST;/DUNGEON AND HOSPITAL BEAR WITNESS/TO THEIR SONS THEY LEFT/BUT HONOR AND THEIR COUNTRY./LET THIS STONE FOREVER WARN/THOSE WHO KEPT THESE VALLEYS/THAT ONLY THEIR SIRES ARE DEAD:/THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THEY/FOUGHT CAN NEVER DIE.
(Back of base, incised lettering:) (CSA emblem within wreath)/THEY HAVE CROSSED THE RIVER/AND SLEEP BENEATH THE SHADE. (Right side of base, incised lettering:) THIS MONUMENT/IS THE TESTIMONY OF THE PRESENT/TO THE FUTURE THAT THESE WERE/THEY WHO KEPT THE FAITH AS IT WAS/GIVEN THEM BY THEIR FATHERS./BE IT KNOWN BY THIS TOKEN/THAT THESE MEN WERE TRUE TO THE/TRADITIONS OF THEIR LINEAGE./BOLD GENEROUS AND FREE/FIRM IN CONVICTION OF THE RIGHT/READY AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL/STEADFAST IN THEIR DUTY/FAITHFUL EVEN IN DESPAIR:/AND ILLUSTRATED/IN THE UNFLINCHING HEROISM/OF THEIR DEATHS/THE FREE BORN COURAGE OF THEIR LIVES. (Plaque on lower front of base, raised lettering: History of Myrtle Hill Cemetery) unsigned
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Summary:
A standing figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier is mounted on a short, square shaft. The soldier faces west and holds the barrel of his rifle in front of him with both hands, the stock resting by his proper right foot. He has a moustache and small beard, and wears a field hat. A bedroll is slung across his proper left shoulder and secured at his proper right hip. A bayonet and an ammunition case are on his proper left hip. The shaft is mounted upon a square base, with corner pedestals that once supported urns. The monument is surrounded by an iron fence.
