No nation rose so white and fair:
None fell so pure of crime.
The Augusta Confederate Monument, also known as the Richmond County Confederate Monument,[1] is located in the median of the 700 block of Broad Street in downtown Augusta, Georgia, and is inscribed, in part “In Memoriam 'No nation rose so white and fair: None fell so pure of crime.' Our Confederate Dead.” The monument is seventy-six feet high on a granite base, topped by a shaft of Carrara marble. The monument was commissioned in 1875 by the Ladies Memorial Association of Augusta.[2] It was designed by the architectural firm of VanGruder and Young of Philadelphia, built by the Markwalter firm of Augusta,[3] carved by Antonio Fontana,[4] and dedicated on October 31, 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.
During the summer of 2020, Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis created the Task Force on Confederate Monuments, Street Names and Landmarks.
The eleven member task force – consisting of local historians, educators, descendants of Confederate figures, and community activists – was charged with examining the renaming, relocating, or removal of places in Augusta that honor Confederate military figures.
The panel returned a final report to the Augusta Commission in October 2020 with a recommendation that the monument be relocated to the grounds of either Magnolia Cemetery or Westview Cemetery.
Since the final report has been submitted with the recommended relocation, no action has been taken on the issue.
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.
In Memoriam "No nation rose so white and fair: None fell so pure of crime.
Our Confederate Dead
Erected A.D. 1878. by the Ladies Memorial Association of Augusta. In honor of the men of Richmond County. Who died in the cause of the Confederate States.
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