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The Confederate Monument in downtown Augusta bears the inscription, "No Nation Rose So White and

Augusta Confederate Monument

The Confederate Monument in downtown Augusta bears the inscription, "No Nation Rose So White and Fair; None Fell So Pure of Crime." Four Confederate generals, including Georgian Thomas R. R. Cobb, stand around the base of the memorial, while the likeness of Augusta resident Benson Berry graces the top.

From Berry Benson (1843-1923)


Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia