The McNeel Marble Works of

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, was founded in 1892 by Morgan Louis McNeel and his brother, R. M. McNeel. Its location near the

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provided the firm with access to areas where marble and granite could be quarried. The firm is best remembered for the

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monuments it constructed in the southern states of the

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Selected works

* ''Chester Confederate Monument'' (1905) *

John Brown Gordon statue The equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon is a monument on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The monument, an equestrian statue, honors John Brown Gordon, a general in the Confederate States Army du ...

, pedestal,

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(1907) * ''At Rest Arms'',

Thomaston, Georgia Thomaston is a city in and the county seat of Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,170 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Thomaston, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is includ ...

, (1908) * ''Comrades"",

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, (1909) * ''Jasper County Confederate Monument'' aka ''Comrades''

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, (1910) * Illinois Monument, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, (1914) * Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy,

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, (1915), Allen George Newman, sculptor * Statue of Sterling Price (1915), Keytesville, Chariton County,

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, Allen Newman, sculptor * Arkansas Memorial at

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, 1954. The memorial was designed by William Henry Deacy.

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