Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Schwarz, Rudolf, 1866-1912, sculptor.

McDonnell and Sons, architectural firm.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned March 19, 1902. 1903. Dedicated June 25, 1903. Relocated 1967. Reinstalled Oct. 1972. Rededicated May 1973.

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Figures: bronze; Base: Barre granite.

Overall: approx. 65 x 20 x 20 ft.; Color Bearer: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 5 ft.; Pedestal figures: approx. 8 x 2 x 8 ft.; Shaft: approx. H. 25 ft.; Pedestal: approx. 13 1/2 x 20 x 20 ft. (55,800 lbs.).

(On west plaque:) COMPANIES GOING INTO THE/UNION ARMY/FROM ST. JOSEPH COUNTY/(List of 18 companies follows) (On north plaque:) 1861-1865/IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF/THE PATRIOTISM, SERVICES AND/SACRIFICES OF OUR SOLDIERS IN/THE WAR FOR THE UNION, WE, THE/PEOPLE OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,/HAVE ERECTED THE MONUMENT./JUNE 25, 1903./"WHEN THE YEARS OF EARTH ARE OVER,/AND THE CARES OF EARTH ARE DONE,/WHEN THE REIGN OF TIME HAS ENDED,/AND ETERNITY BEGUN,/WHEN THE THUNDERS OF OMNISCIENCE/ON OUR WAKENED SENSES ROLL,/AND THE SKIES ABOVE SHALL WITHER,/AND BE GATHERED LIKE A SCROLL;/WHEN AMONG THE LOFTY MOUNTAINS,/AND ACROSS THE MIGHTY SEA,/THE SUBLIME CELESTIAL BUGLER SHALL/RING OUT THE REVEILLE./THEN SHALL MARCH WITH BRIGHTEST LAURELS,/AND WITH PROUD, VICTORIOUS THREAD,/TO THEIR STATION UP IN HEAVEN,/OUR GRAND ARMY OF THE DEAD"/WILL CARLETON (On east plaque:) LAUREL HILL/RICH MOUNTAIN/SHILOH/IUKA/CORINTH/PERRYVILLE/STONE'S RIVER/VICKSBURG/GETTYSBURG/CHICKAMAUGA/LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN/KNOXVILLE/MISSION RIDGE/ATLANTA/SHERMAN'S MARCH/WILDERNESS/SPOTTSYLVANIA/PETERSBURG/FORT FISHER/MOBILE/APPOMATTOX (Names of individuals on the County Council, Board of County Commissioners and St. Joseph County Soldier's Monument Association are listed on the south plaque) unsigned

Bronze Color bearer and four figures representing the four amred services set on granite base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Literature -- Carleton

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- South Bend

Administered by City of South Bend, Parks Department, 301 South St. Louis Boulevard, Century Center, South Bend, Indiana 46617

Located St. Joseph County Courthouse, 101 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana

The monument was initiated in 1899 by the Norman Eddy Post 579, Grand Army of the Republic, who invited other G.A.R. posts in St. Joseph County to participate. The funding came from the County, who allocated $25,000, and from public contributions. The sculpture was originally installed on the northeast corner of the courthouse, before it was disassembled in 1967, to accommodate construction of a new city-county building. Amid protests by veteran and citizen groups, the monument was placed in storage until it could be installed at its current site in Oct. 1972. IAS files contain articles detailing the monument's erection and the later relocation controversy from the South Bend News-Times, March 30, 1902 and July 10, 1932, the South Bend Tribune, May 30, 1967, June 1, 1967, June 2, 1967, June 23, 1967, April 29, 1968, Oct. 20, 1972, Oct. 24, 1975, Nov. 18, 1986 and Nov. 12, 1989. IAS files also contain a transcription of the full text of the plaques on the pedestal.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IN0044, 1989.

Monumental News, March 1903, pg. 477; and Aug. 1903, pg. 182.

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