Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

Taft, Lorado Zadoc, 1860-1936, sculptor.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

2nd Minnesota Regiment of the Infantry, (sculpture).

Second Minnesota Regiment of the Infantry, (sculpture).

Installed 1913-1914. Dedicated 1915.

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Sculpture: cast, painted bronze with green patina; Base: Vermont light gray granite.

Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 5 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.

(North end of sculpture near base:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDER (Front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN WHO OFFERED/THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENSE/OF/THEIR COUNTRY (Rear of base:) MARION BRANCH/NATIONAL MILITARY HOME INDIANA/ACT OF CONGRESS/JULY 23, 1888 unsigned Founder's mark appears.

Three Civil War soldiers -- one mortally wounded, another standing, clutching the flag, and a third keeling at attention with a rifle. All three soldiers wear uniforms of the Union Arm, which include a kepi, jacket, pants, boots, belt and canteen.

History -- United States -- Civil War

State of Being -- Evil -- War

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Figure group -- Male

Figure male -- Full length

Object -- Other -- Flag

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Marion

Coadministered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420

Coadministered by Veterans Administration Hospital, 1700 East 38th Street, Marion, Indiana 46953

Located Marion National Cemetery, 1700 East 38th Street, Entrance at east end of Chapman Avenue, Marion, Indiana 46952

Built pursuant to an Act of Congress at a cost of $10,000. Memorializes those who served in the Navy as well as the Army. The Marion Branch National Military Home was absorbed by the Veterans Administration. The sculpture is a copy of one installed at the Chicamauga Battlefield near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Approximately 6,000 veterans are buried at the Marion National Cemetery. IAS files contain related articles from The Indianapolis News, May 27, 1915; and the Chronicle Tribune (Marion, IN), May 30, 1993, Sect. C, pg. 1, as well as related material from Mrs. John W. Kendall, comp., "Cemetery Records of Grant County, Indiana," vol. I, Daughters of the American Revolution, General Francis Marion Chapter, n.d. Photographs of the sculpture are on file in the Indiana collection at the Marion Public Library.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.

Chronicle Tribune (Marion, IN), May 30, 1993, Sect. C, pg. 1.

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