Laurel Grove/Railroad Area in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Silence
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
1. Silence Marker, North Face
Full-length female figure wearing long, flowing, layered robes and a head covering. Her proper right hand is
raised to her mouth; the proper right index finger in front of her lips. She holds an inverted torch in her proper left hand;
the flame of the torch rests on the ground near her proper left foot. The marble sculpture stands on a marble and granite
base.
To The Confederate Dead
Here Rest "Till Roll Call"
The Men Of Gettysburg
( West Face )
Tread lightly for each man bequeathed
Ere placed beneath this sod,
His ashes to this native Land
His gallant soul to God.
( East Face )
On Fame's Eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with silent round
The bivouac of the Dead
( South Face )
Crossed Flags
Erected 1875 by Ladies Memorial Association of Savannah.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 32° 3.858′ N, 81° 6.537′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in the Laurel Grove/Railroad Area. Marker can be reached from West Anderson Street. Laurel Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 802 West Anderson Street, Savannah GA 31415, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Sailors' Burial Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Florance Street School (approx. ¼ mile away); Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses (approx.
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Regarding Silence. The sculpture was originally designed as part of a larger Confederate memorial installed in Forsyth Park in Savannah in 1875. The monument was designed by Robert Reid of Montreal, Canada and fabricated by the Montreal Marble Works. The monument was funded by private donations collected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Savannah. Citizens were unhappy with the monument, and in 1878 two of the sculptures,
"Silence" and "Justice", were removed from the monument and replaced with a bronze sculpture of a Confederate soldier. "Silence" was relocated to the Laurel Grove Cemetery to mark the graves of soldiers killed at the battle of Gettysburg. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Savannah Morning News, April 24, 1932 and Savannah News
Press
Photographed By Mike Stroud, June 28, 2009
2. Silence Marker, North Face
Judgement, (sculpture) Located Laurel Hill Cemetery, Soldier's Circle, Thomasville, Georgia.
Description: Standing full-length figure of a woman draped in flowing garments, holding a trumpet in her proper right hand and a scroll in her proper left hand. The figure stands in the middle of Soldier's Circle, a grassy knoll with the remains of twelve Confederate soldiers and Captain John Tripplet, who lies directly in front of the figure.
Also see . . .
1. Siris Entry Silence Sculpture. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Control Number: IAS GA000716 (Submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
2. Judgement Sculpture, Siris entry. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Control Number: IAS GA000071 (Submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 31, 2008
3. Silence Marker, West Face
"Tread lightly for each man bequeathed Ere placed beneath this sod, His ashes to this native Land His gallant soul to God."
The last stanza from "The Soldier's Grave" by Eliza Jane Nicholson
The last stanza from "The Soldier's Grave" by Eliza Jane Nicholson
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 31, 2008
4. Silence Marker, East Face
On Fame's Eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with silent round
The bivouac of the Dead
Lines 5-8, "The Bivouac of the Dead" by Theodore O'Hara
Lines 5-8, "The Bivouac of the Dead" by Theodore O'Hara
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 31, 2008
5. Silence Marker, South Face
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
6. Silence Marker
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 31, 2008
7. Silence Marker at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Gettysburg's Confederate Men
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
8. Rows of Gettysburg Confederate Men
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 31, 2008
9. Graves of The Men Of Gettysburg, Savannah, Georgia
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
10. Silence Marker
Photographed By Mike Stroud, February 5, 2012
11. Silence, with the Men of Gettysburg
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
12. One of many from July 1, 1863
W. L. Brewer
Co. K
51 Ga. Inf.
CSA
July 1 1863
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
13. One of many from July 2, 1863
Edward J. Magruder
8 Ga Inf
CSA
July 2 1863
Photographed By Mike Stroud, July 2, 2009
14. One of many from July 3, 1863
David R E Winn
4 Ga Inf
CSA
July 3 1863
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,851 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 8. submitted on July 3, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 9. submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 10. submitted on April 22, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 11. submitted on May 3, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 12, 13, 14. submitted on July 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
