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McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument

 
 
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 19, 2015
1. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
Inscription.
[East Inscription]:
Woman's Tribute April 26, 1996

[South Inscription]:
They sleep the sleep of
our noble slain
defeated, yet without
a stain, proudly and
peacefully.

[North Inscription]:
In memory of
our fallen heroes
of McDuffie and
Columbia Counties.

 
Erected 1996.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 33° 28.183′ N, 82° 30.267′ W. Monument is in Thomson, Georgia, in McDuffie County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 10), on the right when traveling south. Monument stands near the east entrance of the Historic McDuffie Courthouse. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Thomson GA 30824, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Piedmont and in Greater Augusta. 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 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 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Thomas Edward Watson (here, next to this marker); Rear Admiral Richard Ellington Hawes (here, next to this marker); Nancy Hart Highway (a few steps from this marker); McDuffie County (within shouting distance of this marker); Sen. Thomas E. Watson (within shouting distance of this marker); Woodman of the World Supreme Sacrifice Monument
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(within shouting distance of this marker); VFW Post 6672 KIA Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); VFW Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Home of Thomas E. Watson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Usry House (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thomson.
 
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument<br>South and East Inscriptions image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 19, 2015
2. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
South and East Inscriptions
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument<br>South and East Inscriptions image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 17, 2015
3. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
South and East Inscriptions
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 17, 2015
4. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 19, 2015
5. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, August 19, 2015
6. McDuffie and Columbia Counties Confederate Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 30, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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