Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument, (sculpture).

Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument, (sculpture).

Kelley, William, contractor.

Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 8, 1894.

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Sculpture: Green River limestone; Base: Green River limestone.

Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 20 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 24 ft. x 66 in. x 65 in.

(Front of base:) DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE/(list of names follows)/COMPANY/COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/(list of names follows)/(illegible)/(list of 8 names follows)/(raised lettering:) CO.F.42.REG IND.VOL./ENTERED THE U.S. SERVICE OCT. 7, 1861/DISCHARGED JULY 21 (or 4), 1865 (One side of base:) (List of names follows)/SERGEANTS/(list of names follows)/CORPORALS/(list of names follows)/MUSICIANS/(2 names follow)/WAGONER/J R. KILLPATRICK/(illegible)/WM. M. HUNTER JA. SKELTON/KILLED AT CHICKAMAUGA, GA./S. E. WARD/KILLED AT BENTONVILLE, N.C./1st LIEUT. J. O. A . STEEL J. KRONMILLER (Rear of base:) (List of names follows)/BATTLES ENGAGEMENTS/FLINTRIVER, ALA. STEPHENSON, ALA. PERRYVILLE, KY/MURFREESBORO, TEN/CHICKAMAUGA, GA. LOOKOUT MTN. TENN. MISSION RIDGE/(illegible) (Other side of base:) (List of names follows)/ORIGINAL FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS (list of names follows)/KILLED AT ATLANTA, GA/(four names follow) unsigned

Mounted atop a tall shaft is a figure of a Civil War soldier standing at parade rest. He wears a hat and holds the barrel of his rifle with both hands at chest level, the stock resting by his proper right foot. The shaft is mounted square base which rests on two steps.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Oakland City

American Legion #256 Johnson-Curd Post, 211 East Washington Street, Oakland City, Indiana 47660

Formerly located 300 block of West Oak Street, on south side of street, Oakland City, Indiana

The monument commemorates soldiers of Company F 42nd Indiana Regiment who died in the Civil War, and was erected by surviving members of the regiment. The contract for the monument was awarded to William Kelley of Oakland City at a cost of almost $1,000. A committee was organized to raise funds for the project, with Dr. George C. Mason serving as an advisory member and contributing much financial aid. The monument was originally sited near the track of the Southern Railroad in Oakland City on a triangular lot given by Colonel W. M. Cockrum. When the foundation began to sink, the American Legion relocated the monument to its present site and installed it on a new foundation. At the time of the relocation the monument was cleaned with acid. Donations paid for a sidewalk around the monument.

For related articles see: Princeton Clarion, Oct. 12, 1893 and Oct. 13, 1894; Oakland City Journal, Oct. 17, 1894. IAS files contain: a list of the names that appear on the monument; an excerpt from Gil R. Stormont's "History of Gibson County Indiana," 1914, reprinted by the General John Gibson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1978, 1990: pg. 268-270.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IN5021, 1989.

Monumental News, Nov. 1894, pg. 550.

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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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