Athens in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Clarke County Confederate Monument

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

1. Clarke County Confederate Monument Marker

Inscription. Erected
by the
Ladies’
Memorial
Association.
1871.

True to the Soil
That gave them Birth and reared them Men:
True to their Ancestors, of High Renown
And Hallowed Worth:
Cherishing the Sentiments of Home and Country
And the Allegiance there unto Due
As One and Inseparable:
These Heroes- Ours in the Unity of Blood,
Ours in the Unity of Patriotism,
Struggled for the Rights of States
As Held by the Fathers of the Republic
And by the Fathers, as a sacred trust,
Unto them, Bequeathed.
The measure of their years, suddenly completed
In the fatal Issues of Battle.
Reached the consummation of Earthly Glory
By their Death.
Last and Holiest Office of Human Fidelity
Possible to Brave Men
Attesting their sincerity, Proving their Honor.
And sealing their integrity,
They won their title to an Immortality
Of Love and Reverence.

Bright angels,
come
and guard our
sleeping
heroes.

Confederate Dead of Clarke Co., Ga.
Lt. G.A. Delacy. · Sergt W. L. Griffith. · Corpl W.T. Delacy. · Adams, J.H. · Akin, E.J. · Bennedict, J. · Bone, J.M. · Brittain, W.J. · Brown, W.B. · Brown, J.M. · Butler, J.L. · Butler,

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E.M. · Butler, B.L. · Butler, T. · Cooper, Wm. · Cook, D. · Cook, W.F. · Cook, J. · Craft, E. · Dean, C.N. · Doster, J. · Dorster, T.M. · Echols, J.M. · Edwards, M. · Evans, J. · Fowler, C. · Freeman, C. · Fergurson, J.S. · Freeman, H.H. · Griffith, J. · Griffith, W.L. · Hale, R.O. · Hayes, P.W. · Hinesly, · Jackson, W.H.H. · Jennings, S.D. · Jennings, G.H. · Johnson, J.J. · Kenny, J.F. · Kenny, J.J.N. · Lee, A.E. · Locklin, N.B. · Moncrief, D. · Moon, J.A. · Murry, W. · Nabers, J. · Nabers, Z.L. · Nabers, W. · Nabers, Z. · Neese, P.N. · Nix, R. · Palmer, J.A. · Richardson, B.B. · Richardson, D. · Simmes, J.W. · Stephenson, J.W.H. · Sykes, J.M. · Sykes, R. · Thurmond, H. · Thurmond, J. · Turk, R.J. · Tuck, T. · Tiller, F.C. · White, H.F. · Yerby, B.E. · Lt. J.W. Reaves.

To Our
Confederate
Dead

Faith
in
God

In a country’s
memory,
her brave
are immortal.

Confederate Dead of Athens, Ga.
Gen. T.R.R. Cobb. · Col. W.G. Delony. · Lt. Col. J. Barrow. · Maj. Wm. S. Grady. · “ B.A. Hill. · “ F. Cook. · Capt. T. Camak. · Lt. T.J. Dunnahoo. · “ G.E. Hayes. · “ J.H. Hunter. · “ G.J. Newton. · S’g’t J.G. Bridges. · “ B. Harrison.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

2. Clarke County Confederate Monument Marker

· “ B. Mell. · Capt W.A. Winn. · Corp. G.C. Graham. · Aaron, S.T. · Adams, T.A. · Capt. Jacob Phinizy of the 8th Ga. Regt. · Allman, Wm. · Barber, C.A. · Barrett, J.J. · Biggers, W.E. · Billups, C.W. · Billups, T.C. · Bird, L.W. · Blackburne, J. · Bone, J.C. · Carlton, B.R. · Chase, Wm. M. · Crane, J. · Dixon, J. · Fitzpatrick, J.C. · Gee, W.H. · Huggins, A.M. · Kirkpatrick, W.H. · Lucas, C.E. · McClesky, J.H. · McDonald, D. · McHarmon, Wm. · Mason, J.P. · Mitchell, J.T. · Moore, R. · Newton, A.C. · Parks, J. · Parr, B. · Parrish, Wm. · Pinkard, J. · Reynolds, S.A. · Sewell, Wm. · Smith, J.W. · Stapler, Wm. H. · Tenny, J. · Walker, J.S. · Wilson, Wm. · Capt I.S. Vincent.

Additional names around base: Col S.P. Lumpkin · Adjt. F.M. Daniell. · Capt. J.H. McRee · Lt. Z. Crenshaw. · “ E.T. Griffith. · Lt. W.C. Williams. · S’g’t. M. Elder. · “ G.W. Redmond. · “ P.W. Bradberry · “ J.E. Haygood. · “ G.W. Klurts. · “ J.H. Jackson. · “ J.W. Hunt. · “ M. Mooney. · Aycock J.R. · Adams W.T. · Allen S.B. · Anderson W. · Adams J.A. · Biggs J.P. · Butler J.M. · Butler D.R. · Burger A. · Bradberry C.C. · Bradberry J.E. · Bradberry J.M. · Blair E.P.

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3. Clarke County Confederate Monument Marker

· Berger J. · Carter H.F. · Carter E. · Cooper A.H. · Daniell J.B. · Daniell N.J. · Daniell J.H. · Doolittle H. · Doggitt G.W. · Doggitt T. · Daniel J. · Daniel N. · East W. · East S. · Edwards W.B. · Elder F.G. · Elder J.C. · Fullilove J. · Fullerlove W. · Fullerlove H.P. · Fambrough J. · Giles W.T. · Griffith D.W. · Griffith D. · Guber J.W. · Glover J. · Hunt W.W. · Hardigree J. · Johnson N.L. · Jones J. · Jackson Z. · Jones J. · Kidd H.M. · Kennedy J. · Loving W. · Lowe W. · Mosley T.J. · Maxey S.T. · Maxey H. · McWhorter W.P. · Middlebrook W. · Michael J. · Nunnally G.W. · Nunnally W.C. · Owens J.J. · Owens B.T. · Plunket W. · Purman J. · Robertson W.A. · Royster J.E. · Roberson T.J. · Ragsdale J.W. · Simonton T.J. · Simonton H. · Stewart P.M. · Stewart N.H. · Spenser W.H. · Thompson T.J. · Thompson J. · Tiller G. · Wilcoxon S.J. · Willoughby W. · Whitehead A. · Whitehead H. · Whitehead J.P. · Wise W. · Wise F. · Wright W.

Erected 1872 by Ladies' Memorial Association.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 33° 54.957′ N, 83° 23.873′ W.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

4. Clarke County Confederate Monument Marker

Monument is in Athens, Georgia, in Athens-Clarke County. It is on Timothy Place north of Macon Highway when traveling north. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Athens GA 30606, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Classic City Area

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Athens Confederate Monument (here, next to this marker); Princeton Methodist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Former Site of Fairhaven Tuberculosis Sanitarium (approx. 1.1 miles away); Purple Heart Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Gold Star Honor Roll Athens and Clarke County (approx. 1.1 miles away); William Bartram Trail (approx.

Clarke County Confederate Monument (original location) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

5. Clarke County Confederate Monument (original location)

This view is from the median looking towards the west at the monument.

1.4 miles away); Hodgson-Dodd Park (approx. 1.9 miles away); Judge Frank Daniel Foley (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Athens.

More about this monument. Originally situated in the median at the intersection of East Broad Street and College Avenue (GPS 33.95767, -83.37544), this monument was relocated 3 miles south in August 2020.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

6. Clarke County Confederate Monument (original location)

This view is roughly towards the south, with the University of Georgia's North Campus in the background.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

7. Clarke County Confederate Monument (original location)

This view of the monument is roughly towards the north at the center of Athens.

Nearby memorial to Moina Michael image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

8. Nearby memorial to Moina Michael

Embedded into the ground just east of the Clarke County Confederate Monument is a small marker. It reads:

Moina Michael,
“The Poppy Lady”
Originator of International
Flanders Field Memorial poppy idea
November 9, 1919
1869-1944

The nearby Clarke Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, July 6, 2018

9. The nearby Clarke Monument

Just west of the Clarke County Confederate Monument is an obelisk dedicated to the county's namesake. It reads:

General Elijah Clarke
1736-1799
Clarke

Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,700 times since then and 104 times this year. Last updated on May 11, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on July 17, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.