THE LION OF ATLANTA
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 lion mortally wounded by a spear, clutching a Confederate Battle Flag was erected in the Confederate section , unveiled on Confederate Memorial Day 1894 by the ALMA.
It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.
The Confederate section of Oakland is home to an estimated 6,900 burials, of which about 3,000 are unknown. Since several of the largest military hospitals in the area were within a half mile (800 m) from Oakland, many soldiers who died from their wounds were buried here. Shortly after the war ended, a few thousand fallen soldiers from the Atlanta Campaign who were previously buried in battleground graves were moved to the Confederate grounds in Oakland. The area is marked by a large monument known as the Confederate Obelisk. This 65 foot (20 m) tall obelisk is made from granite quarried from Stone Mountain and was dedicated on April 26, 1874, the anniversary of Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to William Sherman and thus the end of the American Civil War.
Also located in the Confederate section is one of the most striking monuments at Oakland, the Lion of the Confederacy, or Lion of Atlanta. The lion, which guards a field containing the remains of unknown Confederate and Union dead, was carved by T. M. Brady in 1894 .
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 lion mortally wounded by a spear, clutching a Confederate Battle Flag was erected in the Confederate section , unveiled on Confederate Memorial Day 1894 by the ALMA.
It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.
The Confederate section of Oakland is home to an estimated 6,900 burials, of which about 3,000 are unknown. Since several of the largest military hospitals in the area were within a half mile (800 m) from Oakland, many soldiers who died from their wounds were buried here. Shortly after the war ended, a few thousand fallen soldiers from the Atlanta Campaign who were previously buried in battleground graves were moved to the Confederate grounds in Oakland. The area is marked by a large monument known as the Confederate Obelisk. This 65 foot (20 m) tall obelisk is made from granite quarried from Stone Mountain and was dedicated on April 26, 1874, the anniversary of Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to William Sherman and thus the end of the American Civil War.
Also located in the Confederate section is one of the most striking monuments at Oakland, the Lion of the Confederacy, or Lion of Atlanta. The lion, which guards a field containing the remains of unknown Confederate and Union dead, was carved by T. M. Brady in 1894 .
THE LION OF ATLANTA
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 lion mortally wounded by a spear, clutching a Confederate Battle Flag was erected in the Confederate section , unveiled on Confederate Memorial Day 1894 by the ALMA.
It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.
The Confederate section of Oakland is home to an estimated 6,900 burials, of which about 3,000 are unknown. Since several of the largest military hospitals in the area were within a half mile (800 m) from Oakland, many soldiers who died from their wounds were buried here. Shortly after the war ended, a few thousand fallen soldiers from the Atlanta Campaign who were previously buried in battleground graves were moved to the Confederate grounds in Oakland. The area is marked by a large monument known as the Confederate Obelisk. This 65 foot (20 m) tall obelisk is made from granite quarried from Stone Mountain and was dedicated on April 26, 1874, the anniversary of Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to William Sherman and thus the end of the American Civil War.
Also located in the Confederate section is one of the most striking monuments at Oakland, the Lion of the Confederacy, or Lion of Atlanta. The lion, which guards a field containing the remains of unknown Confederate and Union dead, was carved by T. M. Brady in 1894 .
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 lion mortally wounded by a spear, clutching a Confederate Battle Flag was erected in the Confederate section , unveiled on Confederate Memorial Day 1894 by the ALMA.
It was carved from a single block of Georgia marble, the largest block of marble ever quarried, up to that time.
The Confederate section of Oakland is home to an estimated 6,900 burials, of which about 3,000 are unknown. Since several of the largest military hospitals in the area were within a half mile (800 m) from Oakland, many soldiers who died from their wounds were buried here. Shortly after the war ended, a few thousand fallen soldiers from the Atlanta Campaign who were previously buried in battleground graves were moved to the Confederate grounds in Oakland. The area is marked by a large monument known as the Confederate Obelisk. This 65 foot (20 m) tall obelisk is made from granite quarried from Stone Mountain and was dedicated on April 26, 1874, the anniversary of Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to William Sherman and thus the end of the American Civil War.
Also located in the Confederate section is one of the most striking monuments at Oakland, the Lion of the Confederacy, or Lion of Atlanta. The lion, which guards a field containing the remains of unknown Confederate and Union dead, was carved by T. M. Brady in 1894 .
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