Civil War Memorial (Savannah, Georgia)

Civil War Memorial

Civil War Memorial in Forsyth Park (2015)
32°4′2.0388″N 81°5′46.7808″W / 32.067233000°N 81.096328000°W / 32.067233000; -81.096328000
Location	Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia
Designer	Robert Reid David Richards (Confederate Soldier statue)
Material	Sandstone Bronze (statue)
Height	48 feet (15 m) (Not counting base or top statue)
Beginning date	June 16, 1874
Dedicated date	May 24, 1875
Dedicated to	Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War

The Civil War Memorial in Savannah, Georgia, is a monument honoring soldiers who died during the American Civil War. Located in Forsyth Park, it consists of a 48 foot (15 m) tall shaft topped with a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier. Two bronze busts commemorating notable Confederate army officers flank the monument, which is protected by a railing, one of the only two that still stand around a monument, the other being the Casimir Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square.^[1] Originally known as the Confederate Monument, it was dedicated in 1875 to honor Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. Following the Unite the Right rally (in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017), the city of Savannah renamed and rededicated the structure in 2018. The monument is one of the oldest and largest Confederate monuments in Georgia.^[2]