Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Moore & Dickerhoff, fabricator.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 11 ft. x 74 in. x 74 in.

(On front of base:) ERECTED A.D./1909 BY THE EX-SOLDIERS AND/SAILORS ASSOCIATION,/ELKHART, INDIANA TO THE MEMORY OF/OUR DEPARTED HEROES/OF THE UNION ARMY./THEIR SERVICES TO/A GRATEFUL COUNTRY/WERE GALLANT/AND SELF SACRIFICING./MAY THEY ENJOY A/HEAVENLY REWARD. (On left side of base:) THE CONFLICT BETWEEN/THE ARMIES AND NAVIES/OF THE NORTH AND THE/SOUTH WAS VIGOROUS/AND FIERCELY CONTESTED,/BUT NOW THAT THE MANTLE/OF PEACE HAS DESCENDED/OVER THIS FAIR LAND/THERE IS NO BITTERNESS/BETWEEN THE CONTESTANTS./LET THIS HAPPY CONDITION/BE AN OBJECT LESSON/FUTURE GENERATIONS. (Bottom left:) DESIGNED AND BUILT BY/MOORE & DICKERHOFF/ELKHART (On rear of base:) MAY GOD BLESS/THE UNION WOMEN/OF THE CIVIL WAR./WITHOUT THEIR/SYMPATHY, SUPPORT/AND ENCOURAGEMENT,/THE STRUGGLE/FOR RIGHT WOULD/NEVER HAVE BEEN WON. (On right side of base:) THIS COUNTRY OWES ITS/GREATNESS AND PROSPERITY/TO THE SOLDIERS OF/THE UNION ARMY./HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THEIR/VALOROUS DEEDS, THE/AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AFFORDED/OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY/THE PEACEFUL PROGRESS/WHICH HAS SO RICHLY/BLESSED THIS NATION. unsigned Founder's mark appears.

A Civil War infantryman in a sentry stance holds a rifle around the barrel with proper left hand over proper right hand. The butt rests on the ground near his proper right foot. He is dressed in a greatcoat and wears a billed cap. A canteen hangs at his proper right rear and a cartridge pouch is attached to his belt at the proper right front. The sculpture is mounted upon a base with a cornice containing crossed sabers and cannonballs on the front and rear, and fouled anchors on the left and right sides. Upright cannon barrels accent each corner of the base. The base has a graduated bottom with rough-cut stone around the lowest tier.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Elkhart

Administered by City of Elkhart, 229 South Second Street, Elkhart, Indiana 46514

Located Rice and Gracelawn Cemetery, 400 James Street, Middlebury Street, Elkhart, Indiana 46516

The sculpture was installed by the Ex-Soldiers & Sailors Association in memory of Union soldiers who died during the Civil War. IAS files contain a related information sheet.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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