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Waycross Confederate Monument

 
 
Waycross Confederate Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
1. Waycross Confederate Monument Marker
Inscription. (South face)
1861 - 1865
[Crossed flags]
Confederate
Dead


(East face)
The impartial enlightened
verdict of mankind will
vindicate the rectitude
of our conduct,
and he who knows the
hearts of men, will judge
the sincerity with which
we labored to preserve
the government of our
fathers in its spirit
          Jefferson Davis.

(West face)
Eternal right though
all things fail, can
never be made wrong.
—
" Many of whom gave
all, and all of whom
gave much."

(North face)
Erected by the
Francis S. Bartow
Chapter U.D.C. to the
Confederate
Veterans


 
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
 
Location. 31° 12.562′ N, 82° 21.579′ W. Monument is in Waycross, Georgia, in Ware County. It is on Plant Avenue (U.S. 84) near Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Waycross GA 31501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ware County Georgia World War I Memorial (about
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400 feet away, measured in a direct line); George W. Barnes Building (about 500 feet away); Co. F 121st Infantry (about 600 feet away); Methodism Came To Waycross (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Wildes Massacre (approx. 0.3 miles away); Senator Nicholas Ware (approx. 0.4 miles away); Nancy Hart Highway (approx. half a mile away); Ware Court House (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waycross.
 
Waycross Confederate Monument , south face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
2. Waycross Confederate Monument , south face
Waycross Confederate Monument , east face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
3. Waycross Confederate Monument , east face
Waycross Confederate Monument , west face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
4. Waycross Confederate Monument , west face
Waycross Confederate Monument , north face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
5. Waycross Confederate Monument , north face
Waycross Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 29, 2009
6. Waycross Confederate Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,396 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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