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Whose images are depicted in granite on the side of Stone Mountain?

From left to right: Jeff Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson carved into the side of Stone Mountain. (AJC File)
From left to right: Jeff Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson carved into the side of Stone Mountain. (AJC File)
By Ana Santos
Updated Oct 6, 2020

The historical carving on Stone Mountain is the only memorial to a trio of Southern men and their horses: Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, on Blackjack, and Generals Robert E. Lee on Traveler and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Little Sorrel.

In the sculpture, Robert E. Lee is as tall as a nine-story building.

Jefferson Davis' thumb is the size of a sofa.

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The man who carved the sculpture, Roy Faulkner, died in 2016 at the age of 84.

The carving measures 90 feet tall, 190 feet wide and 11 feet deep.

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A climber dangles between the granite carvings of General Robert E. Lee (left) and General Stonewall Jackson as he rappels across the memorial. AJC file photo, 2002.
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