Remembering Georgia's Confederates

Found on monuments throughout the South, the sentiment Lest we forget represents the theme of Remembering Georgia s Confederates. Dedicated to the men and women who served Georgia when her heart belonged to the Confederate States of America, this volume remembers the state s Confederate past a time of passion, devotion, honor, courage, faith, perseverance, sacrifice, and loss. Georgia, rich in its heritage, boasts numerous locales to visit, learn about, and remember its role in the Confederacy: the battlefields and their interpretive centers, the coastal forts, the prison camp, the world s largest painting, the world s largest Confederate memorial, a pair of locomotive

engines, a number of Confederate cemeteries, and various homes, museums, and history centers."