In Memoriam Marker

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Griffin in Spalding County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

In Memoriam
Our Confederate Dead

In Memoriam Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

1. In Memoriam Marker

Inscription. Front
In Memoriam Our Confederate Dead

Right Side
“Hon’d sleep the brave who sink to rest by all their country’s wishes blest! When spring with dewy fingers cold, returns to deck their hallow’d mould. She there shall dress a sweeter sod. Their fancy’s feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there."

Left Side
Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Griffin Ga. 1869.

Back
Rest! Soldiers Rest!

Erected 1869 by Ladies Memorial Association of Griffin Ga.

Location. 33° 14.787′ N, 84° 15.181′ W. Marker is in Griffin, Georgia, in Spalding County. Marker can be reached from Memorial Drive. Click for map. Marker is in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery. Marker is in this post office area: Griffin GA 30223, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. To the Women of Griffin and Spalding County (within shouting distance of this marker); Spalding County (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Georgia Militia at Griffin (within shouting distance of this marker); The Orphan Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); The City of Griffin (approx. half a mile away); Lewis Lawrence Griffin (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Spalding County (approx. half a mile away). Click for a list of all markers in Griffin.

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

2. In Memoriam Marker

Front

Additional comments.
1. Angel Statue
The angel was designed and carved abroad of Italian marble and brought to the United States by a family from Columbus, Georgia. In route to Columbus, the Civil War caused the shipment to be stopped and stored in Griffin, Georgia. After the Civil War the Ladies Association bought the Angel and the base. The granite used to make the base was quarried in Griffin, Georgia. The monument was dedicated on August 27, 1869.

— Submitted September 3, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

3. In Memoriam Marker

Right side

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

4. In Memoriam Marker

Back

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

5. In Memoriam Marker

Left side

In Memoriam Marker Overview Photo, Click for full size

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

6. In Memoriam Marker Overview

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7. In Memoriam Marker Overview

Name on the granite base Photo, Click for full size

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

8. Name on the granite base

G. B. Rooks. Griffin

Name on the marble base Photo, Click for full size

By Anna Inbody, June 30, 2012

9. Name on the marble base

S. B. Oatman. Atlanta

Credits. This page originally submitted on September 3, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 95 times since then. Last updated on September 20, 2012, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on September 3, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.