Our Confederate Dead

Salisbury Park. Columbus Georgia
The marble memorial stands on Broadway not far from town in the park that runs the length of the brick drive. It has on the side with the name ths shield of the CSA and above it the Georgia symbol with "Constitution" inscribed, flower bouquets, laurel leaves, the column has cannon balls around the next level and cannon, pike, and sword. The cannon points downward. The east side reads "IN MEMORIAM" and "no truth is lost for which the true are weeping nor dead for which they died" to the south side "There glory shall not be forgotten" and "erected by the ladies of the memorial association 1879 to honor Confederate soldiers who died to repel unconstitutional invasion. To protect the right reserved to the people. And to perpetuate forever the sovereignty of the states. The eastside reads HONOR TO THE BRAVE "Gather the sacred dust of warriors tried and true who bore the flag of our nations trust and fell in the cause tho lost, still just and died for me and you. The are granite posts and chain around the monument as well as four gas lamps that burn continuously and four massive vases of iron. Nearby is a plaque to Col WL Salisbury of the Georgia Grays, 5th Georgia Reg
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