Vidalia in Toombs County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

To Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

1896-1996

To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker<br>(<i>west side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 9, 2021

1. To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker
(west side)

Inscription.
[west side]Dedicated by the Sons and Daughters
of the Confederacy, and the re-enactors
who strive to preserve its spirit

Erected by the Gen. Robert A. Toombs
Camp 932, SCV
Chapter 1329, UDC
Deo Vindice[east side]
The Southern Dead
The Southern dead are sleeping
In a thousand Southern glens...
The moss and willows beckon
With the breath of Southern Winds.

Though the blood-stained cross of St. Andrew
Is tattered now and furled...
They bore it high on every field
and o'er every ocean of the world.

It wasn't through their failing
That the gleaming turned to rust...
And the dreaming of a nation
Is enshrined within their dust.

Some would have their deeds forgot,
Their monuments swept away...
But while Southern blood flows in our veins,
Those knaves shall never see the day.

Teach your children of their story,
Of battles, lost and won...
They must keep memory's light a-burning
Till Southern rivers cease to run.

The Southern Dead are sleeping.

Sgt. Benj. R. Gormley

Erected 1996 by General Robert A. Toombs, Camp 932, SCV, Chapter 1329, UDC.

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• War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 32° 12.973′ N, 82° 24.876′ W. Marker is in Vidalia, Georgia, in Toombs County. Memorial can be reached from Church Street just south of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located amongst unknown Confederate graves in the Old Vidalia Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vidalia GA 30474, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Unknown Confederate Graves (here, next to this marker); McMillan Burial Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); Peterson-Wilbanks House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Minenwerfer (approx. 0.3 miles away); Erected by Works Progress Administration (approx. 0.3 miles away); Paul Anderson (approx. 1.4 miles away); Home of the Vidalia Sweet Onion (approx. 3.1 miles away); Toombs County (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vidalia.

To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker<br>(<i>east side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 9, 2021

2. To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker
(east side)

To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 9, 2021

3. To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Marker

(Marker is located amongst unknown Confederate graves in the Old Vidalia Cemetery.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 4, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.