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    		• Lachmier, John,
     
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    		• Windrim, James H.,
     
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    		• Rhind, John Massey,
     
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    		• Delahunty, Thomas,
     
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    		• Chas. F. Heaton,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    Civil War Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lachmier, John, sculptor.
    Windrim, James H., 1840-1919, architect.
    Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor.
    Delahunty, Thomas, contractor.
    Chas. F. Heaton, founder. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    Civil War Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).
    Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1883. Dedicated July 4, 1883. Rededicated May 30, 1900. Rededicated May 30, 1901.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: New England granite with capstone of granite from Gettysburg Battlefield; Base: granite; Plaques: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: overall approx. H. 35 ft. W. 8 ft.; Figure: approx. H. 9 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 13 x 13 ft.
    Inscription: 
    T. Delahunty (Bronze plaque with Gettysburg Address on north side) (North side:) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/LIBERTY AND UNION/NOW AND FOREVER ONE/AND INSEPARABLE/WEBSTER (South side:) THEY NEVER FAIL WHO DIE IN GREAT CAUSE/BYRON/1861 GERMANTOWNS TRIBUT TO HER HEROIC DEAD. 1883. (South side:) PENNSYLVANIA/THE KEYSTONE STATE/LIBERTY WITHOUT OBEDIENCE/IS CONFUSION AND OBEDIENCE WITHOUT LIBERTY IS SLAVERY/PENN. (Bronze plaque of the U.S.A., the state of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Ellis Post No. 6, G.A.R.) (West side:) FRATERNITY CHARITY/LOYALTY (East side:) PHILADELPHIA/THE CITY OF/BROTHERLY LOVE./EARTH PEACE/GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN/LUKE, 14.
    Description: 
    This elaborate monument is topped by the figure of a Civil War soldier, dressed in his uniform and sporting a moustache. He stands with his proper left foot forward and holds his rifle vertically in front of him with both hands around the barrel. Below the figure is a structure adorned with a wreath; cannon balls stacked in pyramids; four columns; and bronze plaques. Around the base are four cannons captured from the British in the War of 1812; mortars; and cannon balls from the British Man of War Augusta which was sunk in the Delaware River before 1776. Surrounding the structure is a fence adorned with ornamental stone posts topped with cannon balls; military relics; and plaques.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object -- Other -- Wreath
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Property, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Market Square, Germantown Avenue between Church & Schoolhouse Lanes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The Ellis Post Number 6 of the Grand Army of the Republic and a committee of local citizens jointly sponsored this monument. Funds were provided by public subscription. John Lachmier was the sculptor who created the figure which tops the monument; James Hamilton Windrim was the architect who designed the structure below the figure; and Thomas Delahunty was the contractor who built the structure. John Massey Rhind created the bronze Roll of Honor plaques listing the names of the Civil War dead and dates of death. These plaques, added to the monument in 1900, are located on ornamental stone posts in the fence surrounding the monument. Two additional plaques listing more names of Civil War veterans were added after the Ellis Post transferred ownership of the monument to the city in 1914. The site of the monument marks the center of the British line at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
    References: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 205.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156.
    Note: 
    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.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 88320047
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