Georgia mountain confederate generals. The stone mountain site has been called the united states largest confederate memorial carved 42 feet deep and 400 feet above ground in a granite mountain that has figures of gen. The carving sits 190 feet wide and 90 feet tall with jefferson davis robert e. The original plan was to depict general robert e.
Stone mountain park in georgia is home to the largest carving that depicts three confederate leaders. Stone mountain is owned by the state of georgia. Lee stonewall jackson and jefferson davisand has stirred up controversy in georgia for years.
Stone mountain also has close ties to the ku klux klan. Stone mountain confederate memorial features general robert e. Many other confederate monuments were erected during this period helping.
Site of the rebirth of the ku klux klan the second clan on the top of the mountain with cross burning in 1915. Stone mountain is well known for not only its. Stone mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of stone mountain park near the city of stone mountain georgiathe park is owned by the state of georgia and managed by norcross based herschend family entertainmentat its summit the elevation is 1686 feet 514 m above sea level and 825 feet 251 m above the surrounding area.
Finished in 1972 according to the guardian the 158 foot tall monument which bears the sculptures of three confederate leaders generals robert e lee stonewall jackson and confederate president jefferson davis is the largest confederate monument in the united states. Lee leading confederate soldiers and klan members up the mountain. Located about 15 minutes from atlanta the mountain has been embroiled in controversy lately after a georgia lawmaker and candidate for governor called for the confederate monument carved on it to.