Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.

Ross, Albert Randolf, architect.

Maine & New Hampshire Granite Company, contractor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Nov. 6, 1909. Relocated 1959. Rededicated April 9, 1997.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: New Hampshire granite, redstone, and marble.

Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 102 in. x 150 in.; Base: approx. 139 x 102 x 150 in.

(On proper right lower rear of sculpture:) A.A. Weinman MCMIX (On lower rear of sculpture:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, NY (On front of base:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF/ MARYLAND TO COMMEMORATE/ THE PATRIOTISM AND HEROIC/ COURAGE OF HER SONS WHO ON/ LAND AND SEA FOUGHT/ FOR THE PRESERVATION/ OF THE FEDERAL UNION IN/ THE CIVIL WAR/ 1861-1865 (On plaque on south end of seating area:) THE ERECTION OF THIS MONUMENT/ WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE GENERAL/ ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND/ ACT APPROVED APRIL 5th 1906/ CHAPTER 539/ DEDICATED NOVEMBER 6th 1909 (On plaque on north end of seating area:) COMMISSION/JOHN R. KING, PRESIDENT/C. AUGUSTUS E. SPAMER/SECRETARY/RICHARD N. BOWERMAN WILLIAM STAHL/JAMES CAMPBELL YATES STIRLING/HENRY F. DORTON GEORGE W. F. VERNON (On seating:) SCUTO BONAE VOLUNTATIS/ TUAE CORONASTI NOS signed Founder's mark appears.

Atop a tall oval granite base stands a bronze figure group depicting a uniformed Union Civil War soldier turning from his plow and anvil. Beside him are two allegorical female figures, Victory on his proper right and Bellona, Goddess of War, on his proper left. Behind the figure of Bellona is a fig tree. Victory's proper right arm is raised and her wings are spread. The figures stride forward with their drapery billowing in the breeze. On the south side of the granite base is a marble relief depicting a naval attack. On the north side of the granite base is a marble relief depicting the Infantry and the Cavalry. On the back of the base are reliefs of a sword, an eagle, a shield, and an anchor. Surrounding the base is an exedra bench.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Object -- Tool -- Anvil

Object -- Tool -- Plow

Allegory -- Other -- Triumph

Allegory -- Civic -- War

Architecture -- Boat -- Ship

Landscape -- Tree -- Fig Tree

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Wyman Park, Southeast corner at 2900 block of North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland

Originally installed Druid Hill Park, Mt. Royal entrance, Baltimore, Maryland until 1959.

This monument to the Union soldiers and sailors of the Civil War was erected by the State of Maryland in 1909 at the Mt. Royal entrance to Druid Hill Park, but it was moved to its current site in 1959 to make way for an expressway. The total cost for the monument was $25,000. IAS files contain an excerpt from "The Baltimore Book," Baltimore: Meyer and Thalheimer, 1914 (4th edition), pg. 139 which shows the monument in its Druid Hill location.

For additional information see Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project" Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection, 1987; Wilbur Harvey Hunter, "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 42; and William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 94-96.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD5025, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 23.

Inventory staff, 2000.

"The Baltimore Book," Baltimore: Meyer and Thalheimer, 1914 (4th edition), pg. 139.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, cover.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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