Draw the Sword

Location: West Confederate Avenue near McMillan Woods

Dedication Date: 1982.

Sculptor/Artist/Company: Decherd Marble and Granite Company, Inc., fabricator.

Main Inscription: THE VOLUNTEER STATE/THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/WHO SERVED IN THE 1ST (PACS); 7TH, AND 14TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY-REGIMENTS/ARCHER’S BRIGADE, HETH’S DIVISION, THIRD ARMY CORPS./ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA/THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR CONVICTIONS/PERFORMING THEIR DUTY AS THEY UNDERSTOOD IT./1ST TENNESSEE KILLED 6 WOUNDED 67 WOUNDED & MISSING 1 MISSING 104/7TH TENNESSEE KILLED 5 WOUNDED 26 WOUNDED & MISSING 20 MISSING 60/ 14TH TENNESSEE KILLED 5 WOUNDED 25 WOUNDED & MISSING 16 MISSING 81 (Figures are totaled)/PRESENT JUNE 30, 1863/1ST TENNESSEE PROV. 29 OFFICERS, 238 MEN=267/7TH TENNESSEE 33 OFFICERS, 243 MEN=276/14TH TENNESSEE 25 OFFICERS, 207 MEN=232 [total] 775

Monument Specifications: Vertical, rectangular marker stands on a rectangular base. A thin form between the sculpture and base is cut into the shape of the State of Tennessee. Two uniformed soldiers are incised on the front face. They carry a State flag and the figure on the right is looking behind him and beckoning with his proper left upraised arm. The face of the monument features three soldiers etched into the Carnelian Select Granite. The soldiers represent each of the three Tennessee regiments (all of which were part of Archer’s Brigade). It cost $25,000.00. This is the only state monument built solely through private contributions.