(West side)

This

Obelisk-Chimney,

Sole remnant of the extensive

powder-works here erected

under the auspices of the

Confederate Government.

Is, by the Confederate

Survivors Association

of Augusta, with the consent

of the City Council, conserved

in the honor of a fallen nation,

and inscribed to the memory

of those who died in the

Southern Armies during

The War Between The States.

(South side)

George Washington Rains

U.S.M.A.

Brigadier-General-Ordnance, C.S.A.

Brevet-Major, U.S.A.

Captain, 4th Artillery.

Who under almost insuperable

difficulties erected,

and successfully operated

these Powder-Works-

A bulwark of the beleaguered

Confederacy.

Marker is on Goodrich Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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