Advertisement

Lion of Atlanta
Monument

Advertisement

Lion of Atlanta Famous memorial

Original Name
Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead
Birth
Death
unknown
Monument
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Memorial to over 3000 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Based on the "Lion of Lucerne" in Switzerland, the memorial of a mortally wounded lion lying on a Confederate flag was erected in the Confederate section in 1894. It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.
Memorial to over 3000 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Based on the "Lion of Lucerne" in Switzerland, the memorial of a mortally wounded lion lying on a Confederate flag was erected in the Confederate section in 1894. It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.

Advertisement

Advertisement

How famous was Lion of Atlanta ?

Current rating: 4.45161 out of 5 stars

62 votes

Sign-in to cast your vote.

  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 15, 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9121/lion_of_atlanta: accessed ), memorial page for Lion of Atlanta (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9121, citing Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.