Dubois County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).

Dubois County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).

Durlauf, Michael, sculptor.

Monumental Bronze Company, founder.

Dubois County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 17, 1894.

Sculpture: bronze or white bronze; Base: granite, marble.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.; Front relief panel: approx. 6 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 1/2 in.; Door relief: approx. 6 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. x 3 in.; Side relief panels: approx. 4 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 25 ft. x 133 1/2 in. x 133 1/2 in.

(On east side of monument:) CHICKAMAUGA (On tablet on east side:) DUBOIS COUNTY/SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS'/MONUMENT/1861-1865 (On bronze relief panel on east side:) Yield not to grief the tribute of a tear,/But 'neath the fore-front of a spacious sky,/Smile all exultant, as they smiled at fear,/Who dared to do where doing meant to die;/So best may comrades prove remembrance dear,/So best be hallowed earth where soldiers lie. (On south side of monument:) ANTIETAM (On bronze relief panel on south side:) Cover the thousands who sleep far away/Sleep where their friends cannot find them to-day/They who in mountain, and hillside, and dell,/Rest where they wearied, and lie where they fell. (On west side of monument:) VICKSBURG (On door on west side:) FOR COUNTRY/AND FLAG,/OUR ARMY/AND NAVY (On north side of monument:) GETTYSBURG (On bronze relief on north side:) Soldier, Rest! Thy warfare o'er./Sleep the sleep, that knows no breaking,/Dream of battle fields no more,/Days of danger, nights of waking.

Full-length figure of a Civil War soldier atop stone structure with bronze reliefs on each side. The soldier wears a uniform and cap. The cape of his overcoat is thrown over his proper right shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The sculpture stands atop a multi-tiered pedestal. A small cannon barrel protrudes through an opening on each side of the tiered pedestal. The pedestal rests on a square vaulted structure containing a room for war relics. Bronze relief panels are mounted to three sides of the structure's facade; a bronze door with relief is located on the west side of the structure. The relief panel on the east side depicts two wounded soldiers, a father and son, comforting each other. The panel on the south side depicts a capless soldier crouched behind a barricade, rifle at the ready. The relief panel on the north side depicts a woman gazing upon a recent battlefield filled with remnants of the conflict including a broken wheel, a broken sword, and a bugle. The door on the west side of the structure has a relief depicting a soldier on sentry duty. The soldier is shown from behind in proper left profile.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Literature -- Scott -- Lady of the Lake

Figure group -- Male

Homage -- Kremer, Nicholas

Homage -- Kremer, John

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Figure female -- Full length

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jasper

Administered by Dubois County Commissioners, Dubois County Courthouse, Jasper, Indiana 47546

Located Courthouse Square, Jasper, Indiana

The monument was funded through public subscription. Cost of the monument was $5,000. There is conflicting information about the material of the sculpture: newspaper accounts from Jasper Weekly Courier indicate the sculpture is white bronze; Wilson indicates the sculpture is bronze. The inscription on the north side relief is taken from Sir Walter Scott's poem "Lady of the Lake". The relief panel on the east side commemorates the deaths of Nicholas Kremer and his son John Kremer, both of whom were fatally wounded at the battle of Champion Hill. IAS files contain copies of related excerpts from Wilson's "History of Dubois County", 1910, pg. 342-344; and Nordhoff's "Pictures of the Past", pg. 27. IAS files contain transcriptions of Jasper Weekly Courier, Oct. 19, 1894.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IN5022, 1989.

Monumental News, Nov. 1894, pg. 550.

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