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The Augusta Confederate Monument also known as the Richmond County Confederate Monument 〔 McKenney, Frank M., ‘’The Standing Army: The History of Georgia’s County Monuments’’, WH Wolfe Associates, Alpharetta, GA, 1993 p. 99-103〕 is located in the median of the 700 block of Broad Street in downtown Augusta, Georgia. This Confederate monument soars seventy-six feet into the sky, set on a granite base topped by a shaft of Carrara marble. The monument was commissioned by the Ladies Memorial Association of Augusta as a memorial in 1875. It was designed by the architectural firm of VanGruder and Young of Philadelphia, built by the Markwalter firm of Augusta, 〔McKenney, Frank M., ‘’The Standing Army: The History of Georgia’s County Monuments’’, WH Wolfe Associates, Alpharetta, GA, 1993 p. 101 〕 carved by Antonio Fontana 〔http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=133W5320Y7965.4934&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!335465~!10&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Georgia+--+Augusta&index=OBJEC&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2 〕 and dedicated on October 32, 1878. Around the base of the monument are the life size statues of four Southern generals in the American Civil War: Thomas R. R. Cobb, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and William H. T. Walker. The enlisted Confederate soldier depicted above the generals is the civil war hero Sergeant Berry Benson. Known, among other things, as never having surrendered his weapon at Appomattox with General Lee. An inscription at the base reads, “In honor of the men of Richmond County who died in the cause of the Confederate States.” == Other inscriptions== ''Worthy to have lived and known our gratitude ''Worthy to be hallowed and held ''In tender remembrance ''Worthy the fadless fame which ''Confederate soldiers won ''Who gave themselves in life ''And death for us ''For the honor of Georgia ''For the rights of the States ''For the liberties of the South ''For the principles of the Union, as these were handed down to them, ''By the fathers of our common Country. ''No nation rose so white and fair, ''None fell so pure of crime.'' ''Our Confederate Dead" ''Erected A.D. 1878 '' ''by the Memorial Association of Augusta, '' ''In honor of the men of Richmond County, '' ''Who died in the cause of the Confederate States.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Augusta Confederate Monument」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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