The Eternal Flame Of The Confederacy

Erected under the auspices

of the Old Guard

and Atlanta Chapter U.D.C.

A.D. 1919 in memory of

Andrew J. West.

Beloved citizen

Captain C.S.A.-General U.C.V.

The damage at the base of

this lamp post was caused

by a shell during The War

Between the States,

Battle of Atlanta

July 22nd 1864.

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The Eternal Flame

Of The Confederacy

Lighted during the

"Gone With The Wind" festivities

December 14, 1939,

by the

Old Guard Battalion

of the Gate City Guard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB